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.

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.

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 Japan Empire of Japan

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Japan in articles based on its TemplateData.

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
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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