Template:Country data Japan

Template documentation

Template:Country data Japan is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as {{Flag}}, {{Flagicon}} and others.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	Japan	Main article name (Japan)
flag alias	Flag of Japan.svg	Image name (File:Flag of Japan.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
1870		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
1945		Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg
1947		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
ryukyu		Flag of US Occupied Ryukyu Islands.svg
naval		Naval Ensign of Japan.svg
marines		Flag of JSDF.svg
military		Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg
coast guard		Ensign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg
air force		Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg
army		Flag of JSDF.svg

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{Navy|Japan}} → Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• {{Flagicon|Japan|naval}} →
  This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:
• {{Air force|Japan}} → Japan Air Self-Defense Force
• {{Flagicon|Japan|air force}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:
• {{Marines|Japan}} → Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade
• {{Flagicon|Japan|marines}} →
  This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:
• {{Armed forces|Japan}} → Japan Self-Defense Forces
• {{Flagicon|Japan|military}} →
  This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:
• {{Coast guard|Japan}} → Japan Coast Guard
• {{Flagicon|Japan|coast guard}} →
  This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:
• {{Army|Japan}} → Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
• {{Flagicon|Japan|army}} →

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{Flag|alias}} output	{{Flagcountry|alias}} output
JPN (view)	JPN	Japan

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{Flag|Japan}} → Japan
• {{Flagicon|Japan}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{Flag|Japan|1870}} → Japan
• {{Flagicon|Japan|1870}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{Flagicon|JPN}} →
• {{Flagcountry|JPN}} → Japan
• {{Flag|JPN}} → JPN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Empire of JapanEmpire of Japan

Other information

Country_data templates are also available for each of the prefectures of Japan:

Template:Country data Aichi Prefecture	Aichi Prefecture
Template:Country data Akita Prefecture	Akita Prefecture
Template:Country data Aomori Prefecture	Aomori Prefecture
Template:Country data Chiba Prefecture	Chiba Prefecture
Template:Country data Ehime Prefecture	Ehime Prefecture
Template:Country data Fukui Prefecture	Fukui Prefecture
Template:Country data Fukuoka Prefecture	Fukuoka Prefecture
Template:Country data Fukushima Prefecture	Fukushima Prefecture
Template:Country data Gifu Prefecture	Gifu Prefecture
Template:Country data Gunma Prefecture	Gunma Prefecture
Template:Country data Hiroshima Prefecture	Hiroshima Prefecture
Template:Country data Hokkaidō	Hokkaidō
Template:Country data Hyōgo Prefecture	Hyōgo Prefecture
Template:Country data Ibaraki Prefecture	Ibaraki Prefecture
Template:Country data Ishikawa Prefecture	Ishikawa Prefecture
Template:Country data Iwate Prefecture	Iwate Prefecture
Template:Country data Kagawa Prefecture	Kagawa Prefecture
Template:Country data Kagoshima Prefecture	Kagoshima Prefecture
Template:Country data Kanagawa Prefecture	Kanagawa Prefecture
Template:Country data Kōchi Prefecture	Kōchi Prefecture
Template:Country data Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto Prefecture
Template:Country data Kyoto Prefecture	Kyoto Prefecture
Template:Country data Mie Prefecture	Mie Prefecture
Template:Country data Miyagi Prefecture	Miyagi Prefecture
Template:Country data Miyazaki Prefecture	Miyazaki Prefecture
Template:Country data Nagano Prefecture	Nagano Prefecture
Template:Country data Nagasaki Prefecture	Nagasaki Prefecture
Template:Country data Nara Prefecture	Nara Prefecture
Template:Country data Niigata Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
Template:Country data Ōita Prefecture	Ōita Prefecture
Template:Country data Okayama Prefecture	Okayama Prefecture
Template:Country data Okinawa Prefecture	Okinawa Prefecture
Template:Country data Osaka Prefecture	Osaka Prefecture
Template:Country data Saga Prefecture	Saga Prefecture
Template:Country data Saitama Prefecture	Saitama Prefecture
Template:Country data Shiga Prefecture	Shiga Prefecture
Template:Country data Shimane Prefecture	Shimane Prefecture
Template:Country data Shizuoka Prefecture	Shizuoka Prefecture
Template:Country data Tochigi Prefecture	Tochigi Prefecture
Template:Country data Tokushima Prefecture	Tokushima Prefecture
Template:Country data Tokyo	Tokyo
Template:Country data Tottori Prefecture	Tottori Prefecture
Template:Country data Toyama Prefecture	Toyama Prefecture
Template:Country data Wakayama Prefecture	Wakayama Prefecture
Template:Country data Yamagata Prefecture	Yamagata Prefecture
Template:Country data Yamaguchi Prefecture	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Template:Country data Yamanashi Prefecture	Yamanashi Prefecture

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TemplateData for Country data Japan

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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