Talk:Japan

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Suggestions

The international popularity of certain Japanese cultural products, like anime, manga and J-horror, and their impact on the world could probably be briefly mentioned in the lead. J-horror is not named at all in the article, despite being an influence for succesful film series including the The Ring films (The Ring and The Ring Two) and The Grudge, as well as for video game series, such as Silent Hill, Fatal Frame and Siren. Maybe this is also a kind of soft power, like the Korean Wave is, that could also possibly be mentioned in the lead and main body. Ideas? Hula Hup (talk) 14:05, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

@Hula Hup: I agree. I say go for it, and we'll see if we can improve it. Keiiri (talk) 04:39, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

No—this is an article about a country with a millenium and a half of recorded history. The international J-pop fad is a recentism, and hardly describes the subject, which is Japan, not J-pop cutlural exports. Notice the lead doesn't mention jūdō, sushi, or ukiyo-e, either, each of which would easily take precedence over anime, manga, and J-horror. Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 05:43, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Who knows, maybe he saw South Korea's, China's, Germany's, or even the UK's lead, and suggested it. I think he can go for it if he can pull it off. As for the rest of your edit, you kinda messed up the grammar, but I guess that doesn't really matter. Keiiri (talk) 08:05, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

I don't see anything remotely like that in the leads to China, Gemrany, or the UK, and the single sentence in Korea is a recentism that doesn't belong in the lead. Also, when someone makes a typo, the correct thing is to correct it, not take it to the talk page. Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 08:31, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Well, I guess you can call it a recentism. Like I said, I read it wrong at first. I guess it depends on what you mean by "remotely like that" and exactly what we're comparing it too. In any case, I'm done with this. Keiiri (talk) 08:38, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Locator map

The infobox map includes southern Kurils - which are under Russian control, and are considered Russian territory by Russia. They are marked in different colours in the map, but in the infobox that's not really visible at all. We should add a legend. -- Director (talk) 21:08, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Edit Request

Hello. I believe this line should be edited to make the date more clear.
"This decline was made worse by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 16,000 people with approximately another 3,000 still listed as missing."
would be better like this
"This decline was made worse by the March 11th 2011 earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 16,000 people with approximately another 3,000 still listed as missing."
thanks 80.192.85.232 (talk) 09:53, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Not done: - Please see WP:BADDATEFORMAT. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 17:16, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

OK, then change it to "March 2011", "2011-03-11" or "March 11, 2011" all acceptable by the Manual of Style for dates, At the moment it only makes sense if being read in 2011 and it's 2015 80.192.85.232 (talk) 22:58, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

As a standalone sentence, your suggestion is reasonable. But the topic that is introduced two sentences earlier is the large decline in population that occurred in 2011. Given that context, it is clear what year is being referred to, so it is not necessary to repeat "2011". But if the reader is still unsure, they can click the link to the article on the earthquake. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:50, 10 March 2015 (UTC)