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WikiProject Japan (Talk)
Founded: 18 March 2006 (19 years, 3 months and 25 days ago) Articles: 96,732 (191 featured)
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Rice price crisis

If the 米騒動 article at the Japanese Wikipedia should have a companion here at the English Wikipedia, I think the time is now. I don't know how should it be titled in English, but may I suggest either "Rice price crisis", "Rice shortage crisis", "Rice riot" or "Kome sōdō"?

Accordingly, the Rice riots of 1993 article could be retitled as 1993 Japanese rice price crisis, and the article about the ongoing rice crisis could be titled as the 2024–2025 Japanese rice price crisis. --183.101.53.185 (talk) 10:46, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Godzilla (1954 film)

There is a discussion on whether to include actors in the Godzilla article. It can be found at Talk:Godzilla (1954 film)#Poster actors. Any input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:14, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Space Invaders at FAR

I have nominated Space Invaders for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 02:22, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:United Kingdom–European Union relations#Requested move 20 June 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:United Kingdom–European Union relations#Requested move 20 June 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. --MikutoH ^talk! 21:58, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities

The article Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for over 15 years. WP:LISTCRUFT.

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Requested move at Talk:Capsule toy#Requested move 20 June 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Capsule toy#Requested move 20 June 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:20, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Kobe Kaisei College

Hi, if anyone is interested in this topic and reads this, we are having an AfD discussion here WP:Articles for deletion/Kobe Kaisei College. In particular we are looking for sources that show notability that meet the WP:GNG. If anyone knows anything that could be added, in Japanese or any other language, please contribute to the discussion or directly improve the page. Thanks. JMWt (talk) 14:48, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Karin Takahashi#Requested move 14 June 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Karin Takahashi#Requested move 14 June 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 20:31, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Signatures in infoboxes of articles about Japanese Imperial Family members

Should Wikipedia be using File:ReiwaShinsho.svg in the main infobox of Naruhito if it's not actually something created by the hand of the Emperor himself. The same thing applies to File:Empress Masako signature.svg, File:Fumihito's signature.png, File:Showa shomei.svg and File:Heisei shomei.svg, being used respectively in Empress Masako, Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, Hirohito and Akihito. If these are just someone's recreation of a Japanese Imperial Family member's signature, then I'm not sure Wikipedia should be using since it could be mistakenly assumed they're authentic signatures. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:49, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Short answer: no. This really is bizarre stuff: the infobox says "Huaya:" (the Chinese reading of 花押) followed by a vector graphic depiction of the characters (徳仁) for Naruhito, to which a user with no user page claims copyright on the basis of "own work". The article huaya is ludicrous, in a self-explanatory sort of way, with a "clarify" tag on the expression "...in place of a true signature". Imaginatorium (talk) 14:10, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

I realize that something signed in kanji is different that something using the Latin alphabet or cursive; so, one might try to argue that c:Commons:When to use the PD-signature tag wouldn't necessarily apply if the signature was considered creative; however, these mainly appear to be user recreations and not genuine signatures, which to makes them more fan art than not. Pretty much anyone skilled enough at shodo could re-create any combination of kanji characters like a name, but such things shouldn't really be used in Wikipedia articles about any person as their signature. The files above were all uploaded to Commons and are being used in many different language Wikipedias; I realize we can't really sort all of that out here, but we can sort out whether they should be being used on English Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:21, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

It's quite messy: the file for Masako-sama actually is a signature, taken from a photo on a newspaper site, and the same photo includes the signature of the Emperor. I don't see why the latter could not also be used. The Commons link you give is all about copyright, and is largely irrelevant, except for the apparent claim to copyright ("own work" [sic!]) claim on the file. I propose to remove the "Huaya" reference as marginal, since it is just someone's construction of what they believe the Emperor might write on some sort of document, and as confusing, since it looks awfully like a "signature", even if no-one really knows what "Huaya" means.

Actually, I think the commons file should be deleted: it is being used all over the place with the false implication or explicit claim that it is the Emperor's "signature" (signatur in Norwegian, for example). I don't really "do" commons, though, and don't know how to go about that. Imaginatorium (talk) 13:35, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

@Imaginatorium: You can go to those Commons pages, use the tools dropdown menu, and nominate them for deletion with your evidence. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:24, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Hollywood Dream – The Ride

Hollywood Dream – The Ride has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:09, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life § Can't display some taxa's authorities

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life § Can't display some taxa's authorities. Jako96 (talk) 09:56, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Satake clan

Satake clan has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:13, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Akiyama Dam

The article Akiyama Dam has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for more than 13 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. No reliable sources online Google; no hits on Google news, books, or scholar. Run of the mill, small dam.

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Proposed deletion of Dorogawa Dam

The article Dorogawa Dam has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and unimproved for more than 13 years. Tiny, run of the mill (pun not intended) dam.

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Discussion about improving "non-obvious queer articles" within Wiki Loves Pride project

There is currently a discussion going on here about whether to include "non-obvious queer articles", including those about Japanese animated series (i.e. anime), in listings for Wiki Loves Pride and adding the appropriate template. Your input would be deeply appreciated. Historyday01 (talk) 17:41, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Kirisuto no Haka#Requested move 1 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kirisuto no Haka#Requested move 1 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 14:58, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Nippon Telegraph and Telephone#Requested move 1 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Nippon Telegraph and Telephone#Requested move 1 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 16:54, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Template deletion discussion

Template:Isonokami_Faith has been nominated for deletion - it looks like this:

Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2025_July_8#Template:Isonokami_Faith

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 06:39, 11 July 2025 (UTC).