Template:Country data Japan

This is the documentation for Template:Country data Japan. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

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.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
alt		Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg
1945		Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg
ryukyu		Civil ensign of the Ryukyu Islands (1952–1967).svg
naval		Naval Ensign of Japan.svg

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 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

• {{flag|Japan}} →  Japan
• {{flagicon|Japan}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Japan|alt}} →  Japan
• {{flagicon|Japan|alt}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|JPN}} →
• {{flagcountry|JPN}} →  Japan
• {{flag|JPN}} →  JPN

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Empire of Japan Empire of Japan
• Template:Country data Ryūkyū Kingdom Ryūkyū Kingdom

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