Template:Country data Japan

Template documentation

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.

File:Flag of Japan.svg

Standard parameters

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

Flag variants

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

Military ensigns

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}} →

Redirect aliases

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

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

• {{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

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Country data Japan

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified