Bysen:Country data Japan

This is the documentation for Template:Country data Japan. It is automatically generated by Template:Country showdata

Template:Country data Japan is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

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Parameter name	Value	Meaning
alias	Japan	Main article name (Japan)
flag alias	Flag of Japan.svg	Image name (Image:Flag of Japan.svg, shown above right)

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
alt		Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg
1945		Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg
naval		Naval Ensign of Japan.svg

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

• {{navy|Japan}} →  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• {{flagicon|Japan|naval}} →

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag|alias}} output	{{flagcountry|alias}} output
JPN (view)	JPN	Japan

• {{flag|Japan}} →  Japan
• {{flagicon|Japan}} →

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Japan|alt}} →  Japan
• {{flagicon|Japan|alt}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|JPN}} →
• {{flagcountry|JPN}} →  Japan
• {{flag|JPN}} →  JPN

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data Empire of Japan Empire of Japan
• Template:Country data Ryūkyū Kingdom Ryūkyū Kingdom