Template documentation

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

Template:Country data JPN 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.

Please purge the cache after making any changes to this template.

Standard parameters

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)

Flag variants

LabelFlag image (40px)Image name
1870Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg
1945Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg
1947Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg
ryukyuFlag of US Occupied Ryukyu Islands.svg
Coast GuardEnsign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg
navalNaval Ensign of Japan.svg
air forceFlag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg
armyFlag of JSDF.svg

Military ensigns

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

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

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)Flag of Japan JPN Japan

Example usage

  • {{flag|Japan}}Flag of Japan Japan
  • {{flagicon|Japan}}Flag of Japan
Using a flag variant
  • {{flag|Japan|1870}}Flag of Japan Japan
  • {{flagicon|Japan|1870}}Flag of Japan
Using a redirect alias
  • {{flagicon|JPN}}Flag of Japan
  • {{flagcountry|JPN}} Japan
  • {{flag|JPN}}Flag of Japan JPN

Please see the following related country_data templates: