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IJA Regiments?
Greetings, all. I was cleaning up and wikifying the article on Aomori City, and came upon a reference to the "5th Infantry Regiment" created and stationed there in the Meiji period.

I poked around Category:Japanese World War II divisions and various articles and categories it links to and see no reference to "regiments". As far as I can tell, there is no category or list on English Wikipedia for "Infantry Regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army." A search for "IJA Regiments" yields no immediately, starkly useful results, and a search for 連隊 yields none at all.

This is far from my field of expertise, so I'm hoping someone here might know how this ought to be rephrased or what it ought to link to (even if it's a red link). Yoroshiku. LordAmeth (talk) 17:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 5th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) would be consistent with the naming convention used for divisions. Nick-D (talk) 00:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

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Looking for help with Japanese swords
I am looking for somebody to help out with the list of National Treasure swords. A start has been made here, but as I don't know much about swords, any help would be appreciated. (It is the only remaining of the National Treasure of Japan lists.) bamse (talk) 09:19, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

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To do list
Hi everyone, I've tried to update the task force's To do list, however, I need a bit of help from someone with specific knowledge of Wikipedia's coverage of Japanese military history topics. If anyone has any articles that they'd like to request be created, cleaned up or expanded, please feel free to add the to the list linked above. Cheers. — AustralianRupert (talk) 14:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Kongō class battlecruiser now open
The A-Class review for Kongō class battlecruiser is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 05:45, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Douglas MacArthur now open
The A-Class review for Douglas MacArthur is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 01:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Battle of Slater's Knoll now open
The A-Class review for Battle of Slater's Knoll is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! AustralianRupert (talk) 14:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy for Douglas MacArthur now open
The featured article candidacy for Douglas MacArthur is now open. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 23:18, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy for Japanese battleship Tosa now open
The featured article candidacy for Japanese battleship Tosa is now open. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 21:42, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga now open
The A-Class review for Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 03:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Raid at Cabanatuan now open
The A-Class review for Raid at Cabanatuan is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 03:49, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) now open
The A-Class review for Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! Nick-D (talk) 11:44, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy for Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) now open
The featured article candidacy for Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) is now open. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! Nick-D (talk) 07:56, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Glossary of Japanese swords
Hi! A while ago I started to read about Japanese swords and ran into lots of technical terms which made reading difficult. So I created the Glossary of Japanese swords article which might be useful for other non-experts as well. There are still many terms to be added. Feel free to do so. You also might want to link it in some of the sword related articles. bamse (talk) 23:51, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy for Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga now open
The featured article candidacy for Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga is now open. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 22:43, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidacy for Raid at Cabanatuan now open
The featured article candidacy for Raid at Cabanatuan is now open. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 08:42, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Japanese battleship Kirishima now open
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Featured article candidacy for Japanese battleship Haruna now open
The featured article candidacy for Japanese battleship Haruna is now open. Comments from reviewers are needed to help determine whether the article meets the criteria for featured articles; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 04:50, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) now open
The A-Class review for Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! Nick-D (talk) 11:52, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Battle of Iwo Jima
Please see Talk:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima. This is an important article in real bad shape. Can someone help out ? 217.235.21.30 (talk) 05:26, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

A-Class review for List of battlecruisers of Japan now open
The A-Class review for List of battlecruisers of Japan is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated! Thanks! -MBK004 01:26, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Evacuation of Karafuto and Kuriles
This article needs a bit of help with the cleanup. I've added one source, though I'm sure there are others to be found), and I've done a quick-and-dirty combining of the two POV section which now make up the Timeline section. If there are others who would be willing to help with putting a bit more polish on this one, I'd appreciate it. This is an area of history I'm not as familiar with, so I'm just groping around in the dark. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WikiProject Japan ! 03:06, 15 November 2010 (UTC)