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Worship of Ninigi
This question is obviously about Shinto.

So Britannica claims that Ninigi is no longer venerated. I’m not entirely sure if I misread or misinterpreting it but, it kinda implies he’s no longer widely worshipped. Any thoughts on this?

Source here https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ninigi

CycoMa (talk) 04:51, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * He's definitely still a Shinto deity, being the principal object of veneration at, for instance, Kunimi Shrine in Gose. If I were to make an excuse for the Britannica article, it would be that it is contrasting the level of popularity of one deity (Ninigi no Mikoto) to that of another (Ōkuninushi no Mikoto), and Ninigi's popularity obviously suffered more from the abolition of forced veneration of him by the entire population of Japan; Ōkuninushi, on the other hand, was always an important folk deity. Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 06:58, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Low work, high reward project
There are many articles that incorporate public-domain content (often a LARGE amount of content) from Library of Congress country studies. Instead of having proper citations to this material, they have only a generic Loc template at the bottom. I am trying to work through these citations to replace them with proper book citations, like the following for Japan.

Here are the articles I identified on a very quick runthrough as related to Japan, along with an Earwig report comparing each to the text of the Library of Congress country study. With this information, you can add footnotes to the article. Here is an example of one I did. I think it's helpful to at least add the page numbers to the footnote I supplied above, which can be determined by looking at the earwig report itself. (The number follows the text of the page.) Occasionally it is necessary to revise the article so that it matches what the LOC source says, in case there have been intervening unsourced revisions. Once you have added the footnotes, you may remove the Loc template. If the earwig report does not find any copying, please let me know and don't just remove the Loc template. For some of these, there may be a different country study the content is coming from (e.g. Vietnam for Japan-Vietnam relations), or some other uncommon situation. Anyways, hoping that one of you might be interested in helping out with this effort. Thanks! Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Worklist

 * Demographics of Japan (duplication check)
 * Politics of Japan (duplication check)
 * Foreign relations of Japan (duplication check)
 * Japanese yen (duplication check)
 * Shikoku (duplication check)
 * Chūbu region (duplication check)
 * Constitution of Japan (duplication check)
 * Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (duplication check)
 * Tokugawa shogunate (duplication check)
 * Nara period (duplication check)
 * Meiji (era) (duplication check)
 * Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) (duplication check)
 * Edo period (duplication check)
 * Kofun period (duplication check)
 * Culture of Japan (duplication check)
 * Taishō (duplication check)
 * Chūgoku region (duplication check)
 * Kantō region (duplication check)
 * Muromachi period (duplication check)
 * Kamakura period (duplication check)
 * Tōhoku region (duplication check)
 * Japanese art (duplication check)
 * National Public Safety Commission (Japan) (duplication check)
 * Asuka period (duplication check)
 * Social Democratic Party (Japan) (duplication check)
 * Ministry of International Trade and Industry (duplication check)
 * Law of Japan (duplication check)
 * Economic history of Japan (duplication check)
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) (duplication check)
 * Japan Railways Group (duplication check)
 * Ministry of Defense (Japan) (duplication check)
 * Japan Teachers Union (duplication check)
 * Japan and the United Nations (duplication check)
 * Mass media and politics in Japan (duplication check)
 * Japanese values (duplication check)
 * Japan Air Self-Defense Force (duplication check)
 * Japanese neighborhood (duplication check)
 * Japanese family (duplication check)
 * Elderly people in Japan (duplication check)
 * Women in Japan (duplication check)
 * Koenkai (duplication check)
 * Welfare in Japan (duplication check)
 * Japanese work environment (duplication check)
 * Electronics industry in Japan (duplication check)
 * Mining in Japan (duplication check)
 * Energy in Japan (duplication check)
 * Higher education in Japan (duplication check)
 * Elementary schools in Japan (duplication check)
 * Research and development in Japan (duplication check)
 * Crime in Japan (duplication check)
 * Political extremism in Japan (duplication check)
 * Japanese sculpture (duplication check)
 * Japanese craft (duplication check)
 * Contemporary dance in Japan (duplication check)
 * Theatre of Japan (duplication check)
 * Social education in Japan (duplication check)
 * Government-business relations in Japan (duplication check)
 * Industrial policy of Japan (duplication check)
 * Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan (duplication check)
 * Japanese management culture (duplication check)
 * Japanese public corporations (duplication check)
 * Private enterprise in Japan (duplication check)
 * Labor market of Japan (duplication check)
 * Manufacturing in Japan (duplication check)
 * Defense industry of Japan (duplication check)
 * Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan (duplication check)
 * Standard of living in Japan (duplication check)
 * Trade and services in Japan (duplication check)
 * Political funding in Japan (duplication check)
 * Civil service of Japan (duplication check)
 * Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (duplication check)
 * Judicial system of Japan (duplication check)
 * Controversies regarding the role of the Emperor of Japan (duplication check)
 * Human rights in Japan (duplication check)
 * Japan–Soviet Union relations (duplication check)
 * Japanese foreign policy on Southeast Asia (duplication check)
 * Japan–Russia relations (duplication check)
 * Criminal justice system of Japan (duplication check)
 * Defence policy of Japan (duplication check)
 * Japanese military modernization of 1868–1931 (duplication check)
 * Japanese political values (duplication check)
 * Penal system of Japan (duplication check)
 * Law enforcement in Japan (duplication check)
 * Japan–United States relations (duplication check)
 * Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan (duplication check)
 * Foreign relations of Meiji Japan (duplication check)
 * Meiji oligarchy (duplication check)
 * Government of Meiji Japan (duplication check)
 * Japan during World War I (duplication check)
 * Trade policy of Japan (duplication check)
 * Foreign policy of Japan (duplication check)
 * Japan–Vietnam relations (duplication check)
 * Japan–Philippines relations (duplication check)
 * Military budget of Japan (duplication check)
 * Balance of payments accounts of Japan (1960–90) (duplication check)
 * Japanese foreign policy on Africa (duplication check)
 * International economic cooperation policy of Japan (duplication check)
 * Capital flows in Japan (duplication check)
 * Agency for Cultural Affairs (duplication check)
 * Israel–Japan relations (duplication check)
 * Rice production in Japan (duplication check)
 * Trade Union Act of 1949 (duplication check)
 * Japan–North Korea relations (duplication check)
 * Japan–South Korea relations (duplication check)

Discussion at Talk:Fujiya Co. § Rename?
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Fujiya Co. § Rename?. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:44, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Help identifying public art
Anyone know anything about this statue in Marunouchi Central Plaza, Chiyoda, Tokyo? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:51, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I think it's the "Statue of Love" (or Agape) referred to here: 愛の像 (if you google search for 丸の内口駅前広場 & 愛の像 ...), Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 17:23, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for taking a look! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:34, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Sorting photo/image requests
There are over 850 articles listed in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Japan. They need to be sorted into appropriate subcategories using the instructions found on the project template page. Any help is appreciated. ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 18:58, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Hasekura Tsunenaga FAR
I have nominated Hasekura Tsunenaga for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. RetiredDuke (talk) 17:58, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Recent moves of Japan-related pages
Hello all,

I have no opinion or expertise on this, but as an FYI, User:AichiWikiFixer has made a lot of moves of Japan related topics over the past two months, generally moving articles titled SomeCityName, Prefecture to just SomeCityName (example: Toyone, Aichi to Toyone). They don't explain why in their move summary - not linking to a consensus or policy page or anything - and doesn't seem to respond on their talk page either. See Special:Log/AichiWikiFixer and Special:Contributions/AichiWikiFixer. Are these moves fine / endorsed? If so, I'll be quiet, although even then, this user should really explain themselves when making these moves... SnowFire (talk) 05:17, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe this is a topic that has been discussed quite a few times before and the discussions have often been a bit contentious. In some cases, a WP:BOLD page move might be OK if it's one that's fairly obvious and is unlikely to be challenged, but undiscussed page moves can be reverted per WP:RMUM and a discussion started on the relevant article talk pages about the move to see whether there's a consensus to do so. Perhaps an administrator like, who's familiar with the topic and also relevant procedure, could take a look and see if these moves are OK. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:26, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * If they are moved because they don't need the prefectural disambiguation in the title (because there aren't any other towns or possible primary topics other than the municipality), I see no problems. However, the user does need to be explaining themselves in the edit summary. I'll leave a warning on their talk page (and I see others have expressed the same concerns there). ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 16:53, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks Nihonjoe. Perhaps your "warning" will slow them down a bit and cause them to adjust their approach; however, the previous warnings they received didn't seem to have much affect and didn't slow them down one iota. Anyway, if they don't adjust their approach and continue motoring on as before, I think they're going to eventually end up at ANI for WP:IDHT reasons.On a side note, their user talk page is really hard to read. I asked about this at WT:UP, and I'm wondering if their choice of color is really OK. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:47, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I left a note about the color choices, too. Hopefully, that will help. ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 20:24, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Discussion of the Colonize University Redirect at WP:RFD
Hello WP Japan, can you take a look at the redirect Colonize University at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 22? I'm not sure if it is an accurate description of the University or a confusing, inaccurate term. -- Lenticel ( talk ) 04:09, 24 November 2020 (UTC)