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Did you know nomination

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

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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.[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

State Seal

The inclusion of this seal in particular feels a tad arbitrary to me. Despite its name, it is only really used on instruments relating to honours, while the privy seal is used much more extensively. If a seal must be included at all, should it not be the privy seal? notadev (talk) 05:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will remove the seal as I still feel that it is quite arbitrary whenever I go onto this page. notadev (talk) 23:12, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

ainu in the infobox

Self explanatory, it is a recognized language so it should be added. ~2026-14945-54 (talk) 22:15, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

translation: シサﾑモシㇼ ~2026-14945-54 (talk) 22:18, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

romanized Japanese in the infobox

. ~2026-14945-54 (talk) 22:19, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2026

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

why was the ryukyuan and ainu REMOVED from the infobox

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