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sports in Japan

Summary

sports in Japan is a sport in a geographic region[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of sport_in_a_geographic_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sports in Japan is in the country of Japan[3].
  • sports in Japan's instance of is recorded as sport in a geographic region[4].
  • sports in Japan took place at Japan[5].
  • sports in Japan is a type of sport in Asia[6].
  • sports in Japan is part of culture of Japan[7].
  • sports in Japan's Commons category is recorded as Sports in Japan[8].
  • sports in Japan comprises Football in Japan[9].
  • sports in Japan comprises handball in Japan[10].
  • sports in Japan comprises ice hockey in Japan[11].
  • sports in Japan comprises bandy in Japan[12].
  • sports in Japan comprises floorball in Japan[13].
  • sports in Japan comprises tennis in Japan[14].
  • sports in Japan comprises motorsport in Japan[15].
  • sports in Japan comprises volleyball in Japan[16].
  • sports in Japan comprises badminton in Japan[17].
  • sports in Japan's authority is recorded as Japan Sports Agency[18].
  • sports in Japan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sport in Japan[19].
  • sports in Japan's described at URL is recorded as http://68k.news/index.php?section=sports&loc=JP[20].
  • sports in Japan's described at URL is recorded as https://news.opera.com/jp/ja/sports[21].
  • sports in Japan's facet of is recorded as Japan[22].

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Definition and Type

sports in Japan's instance of is recorded as sport in a geographic region[4]. It is a type of sport in Asia[6].

Use and Application

Components include Football in Japan[9], a sport in a geographic region[23], in Japan[24]; handball in Japan[10]; ice hockey in Japan[11], a sport in a geographic region[25], in Japan[26]; bandy in Japan[12], a sport in a geographic region[27], in Japan[28]; floorball in Japan[13]; and tennis in Japan[14], a sport in a geographic region[29], in Japan[30]. sports in Japan is part of culture of Japan[7].

Why It Matters

sports in Japan ranks in the top 2% of sport_in_a_geographic_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1OAx1a
    Instance of → sport in a geographic region
    Authority → Japan Sports Agency
    Has part(s) → Football in Japan, handball in Japan, ice hockey in Japan +6
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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