Talk:Japan

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by BorgQueen (talk) 08:43, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Japan has the oldest continuous monarchy in the world? Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/japanese-monarchy
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Created by Letizia Ferhati (talk). Self-nominated at 21:48, 25 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Japan; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Question - @Letizia Ferhati: Are you sure you nominated the correct article? Japan does not appear eligible for DYK; it was not created by you but by User:Alan D in 2001, and has neither been 5x expanded nor made into a GA recently, and indeed has been a Featured Article since 2007. Japan does not meet the "New" criteria of WP:DYKCRIT, did you mean to nominate a different article? - Aoidh (talk) 22:28, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Closing. As noted in the above comment by Aoidh this doesn't meet requirements, although it is understandable that the DYK process name causes confusion in this regard. CMD (talk) 00:49, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Population

Japan is the 12th most populated country in the world and not the 11th as indicated in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-16511-94 (talk) 12:18, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2026

I request for where it says "Use American English" to be changed to "Use Philippine English", since the Philippines is another Asian country and the United States isn't. ~2026-20815-60 (talk) 18:58, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before posting an edit request. Also, nonsensical. Tbhotch^™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 19:00, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

why was the ryukyuan and ainu REMOVED from the infobox

They are recognized languages ~2026-32454-45 (talk) 11:48, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami deaths

My addition of the approximate death count in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami as found in 2011 was repeatedly removed by @Nikkimaria. My opinion is that the death count is relevant and should be included. Please forgive me for any mishaps as I'm quite new to Wikipedia and guide me as to what should be done. Draft5455 (talk) 05:13, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

We need a high-quality secondary source that directly confirms the claim. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:16, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

If you're saying it can't be used because it's a primary source, why is it used in Template:2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami casualties dead? Are there different rules? Draft5455 (talk) 05:20, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

It isn't - the template's documentation states that that source "was not adopted by this template." Nikkimaria (talk) 05:34, 21 June 2026 (UTC)