This is all I know:
In Japan, from 1897 to the end of World War II, the following informal conventions existed:
the Chrysanthemum Throne (or Chrysanthemum Crest), representing the imperial family, appeared on all coins, and this side was regarded as the obverse;
the other side, on which the date appeared, was regarded as the reverse.
The Chrysanthemum Crest was no longer used after the war, and so (equally informally):
the side on which the date appears continues to be regarded as the reverse;
the side without the date is regarded as the obverse.
And because we now could change re- and obverse more easily I asked if the Numista rule (issuer identification shall be obverse, which I followed for all post Meiji-restauration coins) superseeds other ones.
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic72388.html