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`
`1999`		`Flag of Japan.svg`
`2000`		`Flag of Japan.svg`
`2004`		`Flag of Japan.svg`
`2013`		`Flag of Japan.svg`
`ryukyu`		`Civil ensign of the Ryukyu Islands (1952–1967).svg`
`Coast Guard`		`Ensign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of Japan.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}} → Template:Navy
{{flagicon|Japan|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Japan}} → Template:Air force
{{flagicon|Japan|air force}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Japan}} → Template:Army
{{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)	Template:Country data JPN	Template:Country data JPN

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}} → Template:Country data JPN
{{flagcountry|JPN}} → Template:Country data JPN
{{flag|JPN}} → Template:Country data JPN

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

Template:Country data Empire of JapanTemplate:Country data Empire of Japan

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

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]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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