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The ESI (Environmental Sustainability Index) doesn't really exist anymore, it stop publishing in 2005. The ESI then developed into the EPI (Environmental Performance Index) So, why are we using information from 2005? When we can easily change this and update Japan's new environmental rank. (oh wait, we can't) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Epicpikachu ( talk • contribs) 21:58, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Russia is also in the G8 and it says "It is also the only Asian country in the G8". Russia is, mostly, in Asia. To be changed, or is there a reason to keep? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Osakastrings ( talk • contribs) 01:58, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
"The Big Mac Index shows that Japanese workers get the highest salary per hour in the world" How can this quote be included in the article without a reference and also be considered a serious arguement to whether japan has the highest salary per hour in the world? Japan hardly has the highest GDP per capita at either nominal or PPP rates and it is very unlikely japan has the highest salary per hour. Recommend deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.17.19.103 ( talk) 01:40, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Current version of line in first paragraph: "The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes..." This is an excellent example of how the word "which" is frequently misused and why the word "which" should be confined to dependent clauses only. In this sentence, it is particularly glaring because the sentence ends up with 2 uses of the word "which," WHICH :) makes for clumsy reading. It should read, "The characters THAT make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin," which is why Japan is sometimes..." NOTE ALSO: in my correction, the comma after "origin" was moved INSIDE the end-quote marks, which ( :) again - proper use of which after a comma) is proper punctuation. So, two corrections, please! Petuniawisegood ( talk) 12:51, 23 May 2010 (UTC)petuniawisegood, 5/23/2010
the article has some mistakes but this is a great source for info. this is a good place for kids with school projects. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.213.129 ( talk) 22:33, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
There was a request from one of the Japanese user. He says that every time when the prime minister changes or has been nominated, somebody changes the Japan prime minister info on wikipedia. According to the constitution of Japan (chapter 9), even the prime minister shows an intention to resign statement and a new prime minister has been nominated, the emperor has to make an appointment for the nominated prime minister. Once this rite is done, finally the nominated prime minister gets to get his (her) job and start working. Since the rite is not done (or have not even started) i will set the prime minister to Mr. Hatoyama.-- Joe Elkins ( talk) 14:11, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
Is the section about the high suicide rate really necessary? It is generally not advisable to report on suicide. I don't see the high suicide rates of many east European countries mentioned on their respective Wikipedia page. Let's remove the blurb about the suicide rates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.8.52 ( talk • contribs) 22:17, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I really don't see the reason for mentioning the suicide rate, it seems to be singling out Japan especially if this is a big enough problem as it is. It wouldn't be right to give suicidal people the idea that killing yourself can be a solution to life's problems. I hope the section can be removed. —Preceding
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Just because it is notable doesn't mean it should be mentioned otherwise you might as well include other trivia about Japan that casts the country in a better light. Seems very discriminatory to include the Japanese suicide rate on their page but not the Russian suicide rate on its page or any of the European countries with high suicide rates, you would be surprised too. Just what are you trying to prove? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enopy ( talk • contribs) 21:37, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
The Kuril Island are not under Japanese administration and belonging to Russia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.254.94.139 ( talk) 00:53, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
I was looking for the same thing: Famous People...there is Emperor Akihito, Toshiro Mifune,...of course TORAKUSA YAMAHA...I can say it is a shame you did not add something like this in your article :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.84.21.66 ( talk) 09:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Every major news paper from the Seattle times to the New York times has declared China the 2nd Largest economy because of the 1st and 2nd quarter results. It would take a rise of 10 percent or more for Japan to overtake China in 2 quarters for China not to be the 2nd largest economy in both Nominal and Purchasing Power. One of the front page articles on Yahoo declared China the 2nd Largest economy in the world in Both Nominal and Purchasing power. Should be update this info, or are we going to wait until 2011 in March when the World bank compiles the info. That would seem a little late for information we already know. What do you guys think, should we update or wait. -- Objectiveye ( talk) 01:03, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
The grammar is atrocious. Has any native speaker of English carefully proofread it? I'd point to examples, but it's just everywhere. Check out the section on Japanese-style capitalism, for example. it's every couple of sentences. This definitely makes Wikipedia look bad. And, of course, most viewers can't correct the errors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.117.162 ( talk) 22:59, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
As you can see from the linked Koreans in Japan article, the only way you can squish Koreans down to a half percent is to ignore the 284,840 Naturalized Japanese citizens of Korean descent. Shall we apply the same "logic" to the United States and get the result that 100% of USA citizens are ethnically American? Hcobb ( talk) 20:41, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
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Under the "Government and politics" section of the Japan wiki page in the last two lines of the 3rd paragraph it says:
"Naoto Kan has been designated by the Diet to replace Yukio Hatoyama as the Prime Minister of Japan.[45] He is awaiting confirmation from the Emperor before he will officially be Prime Minister."
This is outdated, as Naoto Kan assumed office officially on 8 June 2010.
T0y0d4 ( talk) 12:08, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Done Welcome. I borrowed words from Naoto Kan's article. If you would like to express it differently, please open another edit request. Thanks for contributing, Celestra ( talk) 13:59, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Small point -- I deleted the stuff about Japan being "technically at war" with Russia. This is simply not accurate. Japan signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender along with representatives from the Soviet Union. With this, the state of war between Japan and the Soviets ended. There was no longer any "technical state of war" between the parties. Moreover, they exchanged diplomats, etc. The fact that a Peace Treaty covering the Kuril dispute was not signed is a red herring because it allows people to throw out the "technical" state of war without any real meaning.-- S. Rich ( talk) 17:55, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Declaration of war discusses the vague beginnings of war, and we can see that a declaration to start a war is not required. Indeed, we can see different wars going on, petering out, and then reviving. And we see wars that have an end in some formal sense, only to start up again in some other fashion. (India-Pakistan have had lots of wars with each other, and some of them are discussed in WP. Is their conflict one long war or a series of short wars? Were they/are they technically in a state of war (even when they exchange cricket teams)?) Considering how varied and vague a "beginning" of a war is, it is not surprising that the end of any particular war is even more varied and vague. Is a "declaration of peace" or " Peace treaty" necessary for a war or state of war to end? I think not. But we (editors & general population) are using the term "technically at war" without really knowing what it means. I pointed out that Japan surrendered to the Soviets & West with the Instrument of Surrender. Since we know that occurred, how can Japan be in a "state of war" or "at war" with the powers that defeated it and occupied it? And what about all those wars throughout history that ended without a declaration of peace or peace treaty? Are all of those wars continuing in a "technical" sense? In our case involving Japan, we do have a situation where the 1956 declaration attempted to resolve the situation. I thank you, Zscout370, for the information. And since we have a specific reference to it, we can put it in the article and describe the situation with some precision. My main beef is with all those other articles that refer to this nonsensical term "technical state of war".-- S. Rich ( talk) 20:55, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
I have new figures to submit : the OECD 2009 report. In the article, Japan was ranked 3rd biggest donator in the world, but it was false according to the source (Japan was actually 2nd whereas the article stated that it was 3rd behind the UK). But this were the figures of 2004. I've made a quick search and I find this new report. i'm so going to update the article according to this more recent source. Celyndel ( talk) 16:57, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Nowadays, The Greater Tokyo Area has a population of 40 Million People. Please update that fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtyb ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Most English references I've looked at say "one percent." see for example http://www.eni.ch/articles/display.shtml?06-0499. Religion estimates in any country are vague and not terribly accurate. But the preponderance says "1%." Not sure why any text should be given to one outside figure which says less. Student7 ( talk) 12:05, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
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"...This is due to the advanced technology in hybrid systems, biofuels, use of lighter weight material and better engineering."
This phrase, taken from the "Environment" section of this article, appears to use slightly biased language due to inclusion of the word "better." ( WP:WTW) All the other statement in the paragraph are factual, but "better" is not a quantifiable term, and could be considered biased, especially since no source is given to support this particular claim. I request that this article be edited to remove or reword this minor phrase. ~ Gardimuer ( talk) 18:43, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello everyone! This article currently appears near the top of the cleanup listing for featured articles, with six cleanup tags. Cleanup work needs to be completed on this article, or a featured article review may be in order. Please contact me on my talk page if you have any questions. Thank you! Dana boomer ( talk) 17:50, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Where's the map of Japan in the infobox like for example the article of the US has a map of it in the infobox. 70.248.117.96 ( talk) 04:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Using kyujitai in such a prominent place as on the data table is inappropriate. Kyujitai hasn't been in use for over 60 years, and is therefore not representative of modern Japan. It would be like writing out Bundesrepublik Deutchland in Fraktur as well as in Latin script on the Germany page. Unless anyone has an objection, I think it should be deleted. Cephalopod ( talk) 03:38, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
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Change the president to the current leader
124.169.3.166 ( talk) 12:10, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Already done Kan is the current leader of Japan. Qwyrxian ( talk) 12:51, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Someone needs to update the 2nd largest ecomony information, either correct this one or correct the People's Republic of China article on nominal and PPP. On the China article it states that they are the 2nd largest economy in nominal and PPP terms. On this article it states they are the 2nd largest economy in nominal terms. This is the same encyclopedia. Please keep the information current and accurate. We need to be consistent. You can't have 2 countries claiming to be number 2 at the same time. Please fix this article or the China article. It is confusing for people trying to research papers for Junior High School. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.214.4.21 ( talk) 03:54, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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Could somebody edit the infobox so that "Imperial seal" appears under the actual imperial seal (the yellow symbol) instead of under the flag?
129.100.249.56 (
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Hello!
English is not my native language, that's why I bring up the issue here, hoping that somebody will be so kind of taking care oft it :)
The matter is located in the chapter "Economy" in the 3rd break. There is stated: " As of 2010[update], Japan is the third largest economy in the world,[95] after the United States and China, at around US$5 trillion in terms of nominal GDP[95] and fourth after the United States, the European Union and China in terms of purchasing power parity.[96]"
That implies, that Japan is the third largest economy in the world at current prices (before the EU, even if not explicitly stated...) and the fourth largest (behind the EU) only in terms of purchasing power parity. In fact the European Union is both in current prices and in terms of PPP the largest economy in the world (even slightly before the USA). So to clarify things we should either let the EU completely out of the phrase (which I would regret, but at least it would bring clarity) or bring it it in correctly in the whole phrase. We could use these sources:
USA, China, Japan/2010/current prices in US-Dollar:
European Union/2010/current prices in US-Dollar:
The 96-Link, CIA-Factbook, for PPP
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html
Well thank you for your attention :)!
Benbawan ( talk) 22:44, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Is it just me, or does the following passage: "As of 2005, one half of energy in Japan is produced from petroleum, a fifth from coal, and 14 percent from natural gas.[132] Nuclear power produces a quarter of Japan's electricity.[133]" add up to 109%? 24.147.233.51 ( talk) 23:13, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Excuse me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am an user of WIKIPEDIA. I am a Japanese.I live in Osaka. Our country's official name is only "Japan". U.N. says only "Japan". What is "State of Japan"? NOOOOOO! (State of)is unnecessary!!!. it's for Israel and Kuwait and Qatar. I don't sign in so I can't edit. Someone, Please edit and correct the mistake!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.119.44.171 ( talk) 01:37, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles are not sources. All claims must be independently verified, with citations in correct format to show this. John Smith's ( talk) 13:39, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
I've also removed "(The same group rates Japan as 5th in science, 9th in math and 8th in reading skills)" as I don't know what it means, or where the citation for that is. John Smith's ( talk) 13:42, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
A earthquake just hit Japan with a magnitude of 8.9. o_o -- 64.108.88.33 ( talk) 11:39, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
The current map isn't very good concerning the smaller islands under Japanese ownership. It shows the location of Japan compared to Asia and little else.
I have raised issues at the image talk page of the current locator map. To reach a wider public, I repeat them here:
NyuclearTrigger ( talk) 17:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Why are the figures I cited unreliable for Christianity in Japan, just because some of them come from missionaries? If anything missionaries should be biased towards overestimating the importance of their religion, yet they're saying Japan is less than 1% Christian. Besides, why do you care, wikipedia quotes from the Christian Encyclopedia all the time, and its author, Barrett, also calculates religious populations for the Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year, standard estimates that are used in turn by the World Almanac and innumerable journalists. Why are missionaries unreliable all of the sudden? Kim-Zhang-Hong ( talk) 10:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Because some of them come from missionaries or because they seem too low to you? How about this source then: http://books.google.com/books?id=Fox9YR80V7sC&pg=PA150&dq=half+percent+japan+christian&hl=en&ei=I_eRTY_HNIaSswachJ3QBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwADgo#v=onepage&q=half%20percent%20japan%20christian&f=false
Is this reliable? If not then what's missing, I purposely used many sources so that I wouldn't get objections like this are all of them wrong? And if they're wrong then how many Christians do you think Japan has? Kim-Zhang-Hong ( talk) 15:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
As the article is in FAR, a bit more detailed explanation: I removed the statement "Japan's education system is very competitive, especially for entrance to institutions of higher education.". The link is dead, but you can check the source article with the link http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1567.", because
I was looking back through the history of this article, especially from the period of promotion to need for FAR. When it was promoted, the article had a much simpler structure, for better or worse. I've moved the main headers into the orders they were then, as I can't find any explanation for the change and it seems to be the standard on other FA country articles. I recombined foreign relations and military as whoever divided them didn't even change the text, and just cut the previous section in half. It's a fuzzy area, but I think if peacekeeping is discussed that covers both foreign relations and military, as indeed does the security alliance. Furthermore, considering Japan's military has been very small and restricted since 1946, I'm not sure a standalone military section is WP:DUE. One thing I haven't changed, but was also looking at, was the current infrastructure section. Its questionable whether that belongs under Economy (although of course there are overlaps). Chipmunkdavis ( talk) 16:11, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
This is actually my first time doing this so I apologize if the format of this type of change request is incorrect. I noticed that the current section "largest Cities of Japan" is a little outdated and reflects the population of the top 20 Japanese cities from the 2005 Census. The city populations have been updated in the 2010 Japan Census and the new numbers are indicated below (source located at the very bottom):
Rank City Name Prefecture Pop. 1. Tokyo Tokyo 8,949,447 2. Yokohama Kanagawa 3,689,603 3. Osaka Osaka 2,666,371 4. Nagoya Aichi 2,263,907 5. Sapporo Hokkaidō 1,914,434 6. Kōbe Hyōgo 1,544,873 7. Kyōto Kyōto 1,474,473 8. Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,463,826 9. Kawasaki Kanagawa 1,425,678 10. Saitama Saitama 1,222,910 11. Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,174,209 12. Sendai Miyagi 1,045,903 13. Kitakyūshū Fukuoka 977,288 14. Chiba Chiba 962,130 878,056 15. Sakai Osaka 842,134 16. Niigata Niigata 812,192 17. Hamamatsu Shizuoka 800,912 18. Kumamoto Kumamoto 734,294 19. Sagamihara Kanagawa 717,561 20. Shizuoka Shizuoka 716,328
The source for the 2010 Census city population data is located here: www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/jinsoku/zuhyou/jinsoku.xls
or just go here and download the "jinsoku" xls: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/
Thanks for taking the time to look at and consider my request.
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This is actually my first time doing this so I apologize if the format of this type of change request is incorrect. I noticed that the current section "largest Cities of Japan" in the main Japan article is a little outdated and reflects the population of the top 20 Japanese cities from the 2005 Census. The city populations have been updated in the 2010 Japan Census and the new numbers are indicated below (source located at the very bottom):
Rank City Name Prefecture Pop. 1. Tokyo Tokyo 8,949,447 2. Yokohama Kanagawa 3,689,603 3. Osaka Osaka 2,666,371 4. Nagoya Aichi 2,263,907 5. Sapporo Hokkaidō 1,914,434 6. Kōbe Hyōgo 1,544,873 7. Kyōto Kyōto 1,474,473 8. Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,463,826 9. Kawasaki Kanagawa 1,425,678 10. Saitama Saitama 1,222,910 11. Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,174,209 12. Sendai Miyagi 1,045,903 13. Kitakyūshū Fukuoka 977,288 14. Chiba Chiba 962,130 878,056 15. Sakai Osaka 842,134 16. Niigata Niigata 812,192 17. Hamamatsu Shizuoka 800,912 18. Kumamoto Kumamoto 734,294 19. Sagamihara Kanagawa 717,561 20. Shizuoka Shizuoka 716,328
The source for the 2010 Census city population data is located here: www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/jinsoku/zuhyou/jinsoku.xls
or just go here and download the "jinsoku" excel file (in Japanese): http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/kekkagai.htm
Dbcook256 ( talk) 20:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Dbcook256 ( talk) 20:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
I was just reading the "Infastructure" section when I found these sentences:
As of 2008, 46.4 percent of energy in Japan is produced from petroleum, 21.4 percent from coal, 16.7 percent from natural gas, 9.7 percent from nuclear power, and 2.9 percent from hydro power. Nuclear power produces 22.5 percent of Japan's electricity.[125]
As you can see, the seem to contradict each other. Does nuclear power account for 9.7 percent or 22.5 percent? Both sources seem credible. It's rather confusing... -- Robo56 ( talk) 12:26, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
What actual city does the placeholder [[{{{city_18}}}]] refer to?
The layout version of Japan is maintained based on monthly discussions during the Wikipedia:Featured article review/Japan/archive1. Italiano111 ( talk) 09:49, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Copied from above talkpage post
Chipmunkdavis (
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I was looking back through the history of this article, especially from the period of promotion to need for FAR. When it was promoted,
the article had a much simpler structure, for better or worse. I've moved the main headers into the orders they were then, as I can't find any explanation for the change and it seems to be the standard on other FA country articles. I recombined foreign relations and military as whoever divided them didn't even change the text, and just cut the previous section in half. It's a fuzzy area, but I think if peacekeeping is discussed that covers both foreign relations and military, as indeed does the security alliance. Furthermore, considering Japan's military has been very small and restricted since 1946, I'm not sure a standalone military section is
WP:DUE. One thing I haven't changed, but was also looking at, was the current infrastructure section. Its questionable whether that belongs under Economy (although of course there are overlaps).
Chipmunkdavis (
talk) 16:11, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
The article did a 3 month FAR process in 2011. During the process many users, among them Chipmunkdavis, agreed with the concept of the article. The process ended two weeks ago. The concept of this article, as a country article among ~190 articles, is not unusual. The sections foreign relations and military should be kept separated, as per FAR. These policy fields are typically unrelated in state affairs, another reason why the sections should be kept separated. Italiano111 ( talk) 09:45, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Its all been said I assume. Foreign relations and military are typically not related. You won´t find a ministry in any democracy combinig these tasks. These are large independent policy issues in their own right. Military itself, as you might know, is a standard recommendation to be part of any country entry. Italiano111 ( talk) 09:55, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
by not mentioning the Meiji period or WWII in the lead, arguably both pivotal events in the country's history, more so than the Upper Paleolithic or the first Chinese writings. Tijfo098 ( talk) 11:06, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Also the inclusion of the lowest homicide rate in the lead is questionable. Why not mention for instance that it has a high suicide rates? (I'm not saying that you should included that.) More troubling is that nothing is said about its population density or about its (lack of) mineral resources per capita, both of which have been historically an important factor, at least in the past century; see The Japanese economy pp. 1-6 [1] Tijfo098 ( talk) 11:25, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Something more general about low criminality in Japan [2] probably belongs to the lead, but it should be stated in more general terms, and you have to consider it's correlated to its demographics cf. [3]. Tijfo098 ( talk) 11:38, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
{{ edit semi-protected}} Can somebody please update the gini coefficient? CIA.gov has a figure for 2008 which is 37.6. The source is here: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by cnel90 ( talk • contribs)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: In the history of warfare in one day was not killed so many people like the atomic bomb "Little Boy" at Hiroshima, 6 August 1945. year. According to reliable information on the site, killing 80,000 people, a consequence of radiation were later died another 120,000. It`s the time this crime to call by his real name - genocide, and the U.S. President, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, apologize to the proud Japanese people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 85.114.62.130 ( talk) 07:30, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
The "List of Japanese cities by population" article needs to be updated to reflect 2010 Census numbers. The article url is found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Japan_by_population
I placed this request in the article page shown above too. I am not sure how to format or edit this but I have provided a format that may be ideal for this article (prefectural capitals shown in bold):
Population Rank | City | 2010 Population | 2005 Population | % Change | Absolute Change | Area | Density | Prefecture | Region |
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1 | Tokyo | 8,949,447 | 8,489,653 | 5.42 | 459,794 | 240.1 | 37,274 | Tokyo | Kanto |
2 | Yokohama | 3,689,603 | 3,579,628 | 3.07 | 109,975 | 168.9 | 21,845 | Kanagawa | Kanto |
3 | Osaka | 2,666,371 | 2,628,811 | 1.43 | 37,560 | 85.8 | 31,077 | Osaka | Kansai |
I have all of the data for all Japanese cities and can build a table like this for this page for all cities over 200,000 plus all prefectural capitals. The source for this data is found in the link below:
http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2010/jinsoku/zuhyou/jinsoku.xls
I hope this helps and let me know if I can provide the 2010 Census data (in excel format and structured the same format as the above example) to someone who would like to manipulate it or if I can create a table for this page using the above format.
Dbcook256 ( talk) 23:33, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
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Bmoq (
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> New and used cars are inexpensive [in Japan]
To the contrary! One can only buy a car in Japan after providing proof for ownership or long-term entitlement to a garage slot, for the car's parking use. Garage space rent per year costs more than the price of the car it houses!
Without garage access, the only legal option in Japan is called a "keicar", a diminutive gizmo no honest person would dare to call an able-bodied car. Keicars are as small or even smaller than a Fiat 126 / 500 or about 3/4th of a Mini Morris Minor. A Geo Metro, a.k.a. Suzuki Swift is too LARGE to be an official keicar! 91.82.37.212 ( talk) 20:58, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
I would like to ask for clarifications of why the official name of Japan is the "State of Japan". Although the direct translation of 日本国 (Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku) is the "Sovereign State/Country/Nation of Japan", there is no mention of the said title in the official English translation of the Constitution of Japan, which states that the official title of the country in English is purely Japan from the government's official website. Another source of the official name of the country can also be found in the cover and Identity Information Page of the Japanese passport in which only 日本国 and Japan appear, instead of "State of Japan". Although the Japanese language adds the kanji 国 (koku) to any country which has "State of" (e.g. Israel) inside its official name, that does not not apply to Japan itself. Almost every government website including the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no "State of Japan" within its title (Someone please prove me wrong and show me an official English translation of a Japanese source which say so). Authoritative sources outside Japan include the CIA World Factbook and Encyclopaedia Britannica have both listed the official name of the country as purely "Japan" without any description to the country. I would like to invite those who claim that the "State of Japan" is the country's constitutionally endorsed official name translated into English to please present me with a government source which says so. Raiolu ( talk) 15:44, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
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Kgwikip ( talk) 11:53, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello all, i fail to understand the usage of world map in wikipedia which is not politically correct. i see a part of Kashmir being depicted as part of Pakistan in the map used here. since it is disputed, i request to use appropriate map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.68.253.208 ( talk) 17:20, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Nihon and Nippon are not different names, but simply different ways to pronounce it in order to simplify pronounciation. A "hardened" h-sound in Japanese becomes a "b", and as an exclusive to the h-soundset, "double hardening" makes it a p-sound. To further harden the sound, what we call a double consonant is used, to make it have more impact. (The tiny tsu/つ in にっぽん indicates the double consonant effect. The maru/small circle at the ほ indicates the hardening of the h sound).
In the article, it appears to be considered very different names. However, assuming I explained well enough, it should be rather clear that it is not considered as such. They can be used interchangeably, even though the "standard form" is Nihon. Nippon is often used for things as sports events, speeches, or other places where you want impact on the country name. I suggest a change of the explanation into something along the lines of "The Japanese name for Japan is Nihon (日本, にほん), however, it is often pronounced as Nippon (にっぽん, same kanji), when the speaker wishes for a greater impact, such as in speeches, or at sports events.".
(I'd edit it myself, but it's a semi-protected article, and I haven't had a user here until now. Far too lazy, seeing I was able to edit other articles anonymously. ;) ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joushou ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
Tokyo is not the capitol city of Japan, as Tokyo is not a city at all. It is a prefecture. onggoybuhay at gmail dot com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.2.122 ( talk) 05:33, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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"After Singapore, Japan has the lowest homicide rate (including attempted homicide) in the world.[10] "
After checking the cited link, the word Japan is no where to be found. Please either find the correct citation or remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.255.27.41 ( talk) 02:12, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
The article claims "The Michelin Guide has awarded Japanese cities more Michelin stars than the rest of the world combined," but the Michelin Guide page contradicts this. The reference given for this claim is in Japanese, and my knowledge of that language isn't good enough for me to absolutely say that the reference does not support the claim, though I'm pretty sure it doesn't. I'd recommend striking this last sentence in the cuisine section, unless someone objects. Kemperb ( talk) 20:01, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: "Bulletproof". It`s called the world first iPhone that is bulletproof. Produced by Japanese company "Marudai". It looks like a brick, weights over two pounds and costs 650 dollars. Who likes - is welcome. 85.114.62.130 ( talk) 14:07, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
"As of 2008, 46.4 percent of energy in Japan is produced from petroleum, 21.4 percent from coal, 16.7 percent from natural gas, 9.7 percent from nuclear power, and 2.9 percent from hydro power." should have "percent of energy in Japan is produced from" be replaced with "percent of energy capacity in Japan is from". The numbers look suspect though, as that is closer to the production values from 1990. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Basroil ( talk • contribs) 04:04, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Japan switched off its last working nuclear-reactor at Tomari in Hokkaido, living country without atomic-electricity. Nuclear-free Japan, a good example for other countries. 85.114.62.130 ( talk) 13:52, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Japan is supposed to have the best positive influence in the world by country ( source).-- MärgRätik ( talk) 12:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
In article Japan it says that there are 173 airports in Japan and in article Transport in Japan it says that there are 176 airports. Which is correct? 195.26.73.130 ( talk) 20:12, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Japan `s Tamae Watanabe Pensioner (73 years) is the oldest woman in history to conquer one of the peaks of Mount Everest, 8850 meters high peak on the north side of the mountain. She did this together with four members of the team. 78.2.79.80 ( talk) 20:23, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Mickey Mouse in Disneyland in Tokyo announced that the theme park is now open to same-sex marriage. The only problem is its high cost. However, it might attract tourists from around the world in the "land of the rising sun." 78.2.79.80 ( talk) 21:17, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: The thinnest screen in the world is made of soap! It was invented by Yoichi Ochai, Tokyo University, and the image is displayed on the bubble. Unlike conventional screens, soap bubble varying transparency and reflection on what the image shows a combination of several of these screens can create a 3D effect, said Alexis Oyama, a member of the research team. This innovation will soon be presented at Siggraph conference, which will be dedicated to computer graphics and interactive technology. 93.137.42.0 ( talk) 16:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Galfromohio ( talk) 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
I feel that Wikipedia benefits if people are encouraged to explore. Thus Wikipedia would surely benefit from mutual links between Portal:Japan and this article, but maybe it's best to get a consensus before going ahead. LittleBen ( talk) 04:17, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
Why population_census = 128,056,026?
On
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/pdf/20111026.pdf write:
The population of Japan is 128,057,352 as of October 1, 2010.
And no mention of the number 128,056,026. — Preceding
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Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Japanese companies via Hitachi has revealed the way in which data can save hundreds of millions of years, Croatian daily 24 hours. Precise laser to 2 centimeters big quartz glass embed the binary data and do virtually indestructible, the memory that will survive even the apocalypse! 78.2.86.100 ( talk) 03:50, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
There is a Request for comment about the question "does a largest cities template/city population template add value to the articles about nations (esp. featured ones)?" This is an open invitation for participating in the request for comment on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/City population templates. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. Mrt3366 (Talk?) (New thread?) 09:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure why this article has been placed in that category - Is Japan currently considered to be an "empire" in any sense of the word? Also, Category:Japan currently belongs to Category:Empires. The Japanese Empire was indeed an empire, but what is the reason for this article's apparently anachronistic (or outdated) classification? Jarble ( talk) 00:59, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Currently third according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.50.18.130 ( talk) 19:11, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
Needs a link to wikivoyage in the sister projects box. 86.45.191.101 ( talk) 19:11, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
The literal translation of Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku is [the] Country of Japan, not [the] State of Japan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.89.88.185 ( talk) 02:12, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
It is mentioned that Japan is the third largest economy by purchase power parity (PPP), which is untrue since that position is now occupied by India. 59.182.93.67 ( talk) 16:39, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
The text "formerly 日本國", "formerly 日本國" or "formerly Nihon-koku (日本國)" in the Infobox in the lede seems to be broken; it displays as 日本国. LittleBen ( talk) 12:57, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
|Kyujitai_name = 日本國
isn't a valid parameter for that infobox, so it just won't display anything. ···
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Join WP Japan! 16:21, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
May I ask why Nihon, Nippon, Nihon-koku, and Nippon-koku are bolded in the first sentence of the article? WP:BOLDTITLE says Do not boldface foreign names not normally used in English. As far as I know, none of those four names are normally used in English. Am I missing something? -- tariqabjotu 16:55, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
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Japanese drives on the right not the left please fix asap . 190.213.194.53 ( talk) 03:17, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Japanese Jiroemon Kimura is the oldest man in the world and the last to be born in the 19th century. The world has come 19.april 1897th year, and over 116 years lived during the four emperors and as many as 61 governments from Masayoshi Matsukata to Shinzo Abe. 78.2.65.78 ( talk) 14:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
I really think that the article should contain a list of notable sites, like eg. Mount Fuji ( /info/en/?search=Mount_Fuji). My preference would be to sort Mount Fuji or other geographic sites into the Geography section, but eg. purely historic sites elsewhere. 80.135.150.208 ( talk) 10:51, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Would like to change the year mentioned (from 1853 to 1854) in the third paragraph to be more accurate as the year that Commodore Matthew C. Perry actually succeeded in opening Japan to the West (with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854). Currently, the text reads "...which was only ended in 1853 when a United States fleet pressured Japan to open to the West." Cortikal ( talk) 22:52, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
"The pronunciation Nippon is more formal, and is in Japanese used for most official purposes, including international sporting events."
Nippon/にっぽん is not in any way more formal than Nihon/にほん. I have no idea how anybody could ever get this idea or write this down.
"the de facto capital city of Tokyo" "Capital and largest city Tokyo"
Tokyo is not a city. It is a prefecture.
"Official languages None[1]"
While technically correct, it seems strange to not mention Standard Dialect, the official administered dialect by MEXT and NHK.
"Currency Yen (¥) / En (円 or 圓) (JPY)"
It seems strange to include 圓 here. That character hasn't been used in the past 100 years. It would be like including the alternative capitalization of "united States of America" on the USA page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 240F:6:1928:1:68D7:BDE7:4DAF:2E8C ( talk) 00:19, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
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Bujjisomasekhar ( talk) 18:28, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
A lot of this reads like its from some American text book, misses out Japan's importance in world history etc, I have added some details to the lead. -- JTBX ( talk) 12:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
I agree, for instance poverty statistics are placed under the 'export's sub-section of the economy header. 81.158.209.177 ( talk) 22:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm not an expert in the subject but I was wondering if anyone is interested in updating a small section about Crime in Japan. This past week I've been reading a few articles about the Japanese crime syndicates, but maybe there's someone who knows a lot more here. Just a suggestion. ComputerJA ( ☎ • ✎) 07:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
The article introduction states: "Periodic insurrections and civil disturbances continued into the 1880s." What insurrections or civil disturbances occurred in the 1880's? I beleive the Satsuma rebellion of 1877 was the last challenge to the Meiji central government. Can anyone tell me what 1880's era insurrections this refers to? -- Westwind273 ( talk) 07:25, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
This is a nicely written article. 58.156.153.194 ( talk) 23:38, 15 March 2014 (UTC)Spatial
I'm doing an essay on the Ainu people and I badly need a first hand source. There is a small text in this Google book [5] on page 19, which should be a decree that banned the Ainu from fishing. I would be really grateful if someone could assist me with a quick translation. Thanks in advance. Val-Ainu1 ( talk) 22:11, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
I think the following sentence in the Geography section: "The Ryukyu Islands, which includes including Okinawa, are a chain to the south of Kyushu."
Should read: "The Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are a chain to the south of Kyushu."
cheers, RWCedits ( talk) 14:29, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
I fixed the source of the article. Tokyo is the largest city too and the capital because I knew that Tokyo is the largest populated city in the world and love that place. I visited Tokyo before since July 2013 for going to Vietnam. -- Allen Nguyen Talk 01:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
The following sentence in the lead section should be changed: "Japan maintains a modern military with the world's eighth largest military budget, which can be used to enter wars with other countries if needed under a reinterpretation of article 9". Firstly, the latter part is too detailed for a lead section. Secondly, it is misleading because Japan could enter war with other countries for the purpose of individual self-defense even before the 2014 reinterpretation. I propose the latter part to be deleted. KreutzerSonata ( talk) 01:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
I am deeply honored to be able to see it. Cliffswallow-vaulting ( talk) 05:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
I previously had consensus that the English article should not stated that one pronunciation is more formal than the other. As the article is currently semiprotected, I request that somebody please remove the offending portion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Japan&oldid=569190852 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.112.115.101 ( talk) 03:11, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
This article says that Japan has 173 airports, without any source supporting it. However, the article List of airports in Japan and Economy of Japan both says that Japan has 98 airports, with a source supporting it. Is it just me, or is this a mistake? -- Horai 551 12:42, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
Actually, Tokyo's a city not a region in Japan. And also the Chiba Prefecture was there with Tokyo along with Haneda and Narita airports in the city. -- Allen talk 22:04, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
There appears to be two parts to the edits in question. First part is just moving the natural disaster info down and removing the redundant info. The second part is the use of Yamato people. So what's the reversions about? The first part seems completely legit to me. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{ re}} 02:32, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
I've removed the unnecessary membership groups from the lead, as the only reason for adding it was apparently because the USA and United Kingdom has it too. However, those articles are completely different and they also include a lot of more notable content as well. I don't think it is neccessary to copy everyhing from those articles for whatever reason. Look at South Korea's page for example. It mentions a lot of non-notable content in the lead. Should we copy all of that as well? I don't think so. Feel free to give your thoughts, I'm mostly addressing the user Knsn57. I mostly agree with Benlisquare. Supersaiyen312 ( talk) 04:05, 21 November 2014 (UTC)