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Summary

flag of Japan is a national flag[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of national flag entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,555 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Instance of: national Symbols of Japan[4]
  • Main regulatory text: Act on National Flag and Anthem[5]
  • Depicts: Sun[6], field[7], roundel[8]
  • Commons category: National flag of Japan[9]
  • Color: white[10], crimson[11]
  • Unicode character: 🇯🇵[12]
  • Inception: February 27, 1870[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:National flag of Japan[14]
  • Commons gallery: Flags of Japan[15]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Japan[16]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 3:2[17]
  • Hashtag: japanese_flag[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology[19], WikiProject Japan[20]

Why It Matters

flag of Japan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Japan national flag

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Act on National Flag and Anthem. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Act on National Flag and Anthem. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Act on National Flag and Anthem. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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