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Ministry of Defense

Japanese government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
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Ministry of Defense

Summary

Ministry of Defense is a Ministries of Japan[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of ministries_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ministry of Defense is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Ministry of Defense's image is recorded as Japan Defense Agency.jpg[4].
  • Ministry of Defense's instance of is recorded as Ministries of Japan[5].
  • Ministry of Defense's instance of is recorded as defence ministry[6].
  • Ministry of Defense's main regulatory text is recorded as Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Defense[7].
  • Ministry of Defense's headquarters location is recorded as JMOD Ichigaya Area[8].
  • Ministry of Defense's ISNI is recorded as 0000000100988125[9].
  • Ministry of Defense's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150319098[10].
  • Ministry of Defense's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126661745[11].
  • Ministry of Defense's GND ID is recorded as 1037931920[12].
  • Ministry of Defense's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2007073592[13].
  • Ministry of Defense's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12442207d[14].
  • Ministry of Defense's IdRef ID is recorded as 067106757[15].
  • Ministry of Defense's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15910530[16].
  • Ministry of Defense's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01073046[17].
  • Ministry of Defense's child organization or unit is recorded as National Defense Medical College[18].
  • Ministry of Defense's Commons category is recorded as Ministry of Defense (Japan)[19].
  • Ministry of Defense's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35242968[20].
  • +2007-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ministry of Defense[21].
  • Ministry of Defense's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.693, 'lon': 139.728}[22].
  • Ministry of Defense's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_hzz[23].
  • Ministry of Defense's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cabinet of Japan[24].
  • Ministry of Defense's official website is recorded as https://www.mod.go.jp/[25].
  • Ministry of Defense's official website is recorded as https://www.mod.go.jp/en/[26].
  • Ministry of Defense's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ministry of Defense (Japan)[27].

Body

Founding

+2007-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ministry of Defense[21].

Operations

Ministry of Defense's headquarters location is recorded as JMOD Ichigaya Area[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Cabinet of Japan[24]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as National Defense Medical College[18].

Why It Matters

Ministry of Defense ranks in the top 6% of ministries_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Japan

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] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Web NDL Authorities. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . mod.go.jp. mod.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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