Template documentation

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.

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
altMerchant flag of Japan (1870).svg
1945Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg
ryukyuCivil ensign of the Ryukyu Islands (1952–1967).svg
navalNaval Ensign of Japan.svg

Military ensigns

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

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|alt}}Flag of Japan Japan
  • {{flagicon|Japan|alt}}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: