Japanese war crimes

Japanese war crimes of World War II
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Japanese war crimes
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Japanese war crimes

Summary

Japanese war crimes ranks in the top 0.47% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,643 views/month, #366 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Japanese war crimes is in the country of Empire of Japan[2].
  • The location of Japanese war crimes was Asia-Pacific[3].
  • Japanese war crimes is a type of war crime[4].
  • Japanese war crimes's Commons category is recorded as War crimes committed by Japan[5].
  • Japanese war crimes comprises chemical warfare[6].
  • Japanese war crimes comprises biological warfare[7].
  • Japanese war crimes comprises human cannibalism[8].
  • Japanese war crimes comprises comfort woman[9].
  • Japanese war crimes comprises looting[10].
  • Japanese war crimes comprises perfidy[11].
  • Japanese war crimes was part of the conflict World War II[12].
  • A participant in Japanese war crimes was Imperial Japanese Army[13].
  • Among those involved in Japanese war crimes was Imperial Japanese Navy[14].
  • Among those involved in Japanese war crimes was Imperial Japanese Air Force[15].
  • Japanese war crimes's significant event is recorded as Nanjing Massacre[16].
  • Japanese war crimes's significant event is recorded as Manila massacre[17].
  • Japanese war crimes's significant event is recorded as Sook Ching[18].
  • Japanese war crimes's significant event is recorded as International Military Tribunal for the Far East[19].
  • Japanese war crimes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese war crimes[20].
  • Japanese war crimes's facet of is recorded as Second Sino-Japanese War[21].
  • Japanese war crimes's facet of is recorded as Pacific War[22].
  • Japanese war crimes's facet of is recorded as Shōwa era[23].
  • Japanese war crimes's facet of is recorded as Japanese history textbook controversies[24].
  • Japanese war crimes's has contributing factor is recorded as militarism[25].
  • Japanese war crimes's has contributing factor is recorded as nationalism[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Japanese war crimes is a type of war crime[4].

Use and Application

Components include chemical warfare[6]; biological warfare[7]; human cannibalism[8]; comfort woman[9], a historical profession[27], in Empire of Japan[28]; looting[10]; and perfidy[11].

Why It Matters

Japanese war crimes ranks in the top 0.47% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,643 views/month, #366 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Japanese veteran admits vivisection tests on PoWs. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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