Difference between revisions of "Template:Country data Japan"

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.

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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.

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 above 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}} → 22x20px Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• {{flagicon|Japan|naval}} → 23x15px

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)	Template:Country data JPN	Template:Country data JPN

Example usage

• {{flag|Japan}} → 23x15px Japan
• {{flagicon|Japan}} → 23x15px

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Japan|alt}} → 23x15px Japan
• {{flagicon|Japan|alt}} → 23x15px

Using a redirect alias

• {{flagicon|JPN}} → Template:Country data JPN
• {{flagcountry|JPN}} → Template:Country data JPN
• {{flag|JPN}} → Template:Country data 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