Japan (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Japan" in English language version.

Last modified: 01:45:30, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

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afcasiancup.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Team Japan". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

aljazeera.com (Global: 165^th place; English: 119^th place)

Ambrose, Drew; Armont, Rhiona-Jade (June 13, 2018). "Zainichi: Being Korean in Japan". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020.

amnesty.org (Global: 1,084^th place; English: 851^st place)

"Japan: 'Will this day be my last?' The death penalty in Japan". Amnesty International. July 6, 2006. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024.
"Japan: Long-standing discrimination unchanged" (PDF). Amnesty International. 2023.

anp.cl (Global: low place; English: low place)

"World Press Trends 2016" (PDF). WAN-IFRA. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

apjjf.org (Global: 7,469^th place; English: 4,740^th place)

- Lewallen, Ann-Elise (November 1, 2008). "Indigenous at last! Ainu Grassroots Organizing and the Indigenous Peoples Summit in Ainu Mosir". The Asia Pacific Journal (Japan Focus). No. 11. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023.
- Burgess, Chris (March 1, 2007). "Multicultural Japan? Discourse and the 'Myth' of Homogeneity". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Vol. 5, no. 3. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016.
archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)
- Hendry, Joy (2012). Understanding Japanese Society. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-136-27918-8.
- Malm, William P. (2000). Traditional Japanese music and musical instruments (New ed.). Kodansha International. pp. 31–45. ISBN 978-4-7700-2395-7.
asiapacificcurriculum.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)
- "Womenomics, Will women help solve Japan's economic problems?" (PDF). Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 27, 2021.
asiarugby.com (Global: low place; English: low place)
- "History". Asia Rugby. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
autosport.com (Global: 596^th place; English: 409^th place)
- Newbold, James (June 7, 2018). "The man behind Japan's only Le Mans winner". Autosport.
bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)
news.bbc.co.uk
- "Japan launches first lunar probe". BBC News. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011.
- "Japanese probe crashes into Moon". BBC News. June 11, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009.
- Hindell, Juliet (January 10, 2000). "Happy Monday in Japan". BBC News.
bbc.co.uk
- "Nuclear power back in Japan for the first time since Fukushima". BBC News. August 11, 2015. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020.
bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)
- Shiraishi, Sakiko; Mao, Frances (March 14, 2024). "Japan same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional again by courts". BBC.
- "Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years". BBC News. July 1, 2019. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020.
- Wingfield-Hayes, Rupert (October 10, 2012). "Japan's high-spending legacy". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021.
- Lufkin, Bryan (December 10, 2018). "More seniors, more foreigners: How Japan is changing". BBC. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019.
- Tobace, Ewerthon (July 17, 2015). "The Brazilians winning in Japan". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022.
- "Japan's hidden caste of untouchables". BBC News. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022.
- Ro, Christine (June 12, 2019). "Did manga shape how the world sees Japan?". BBC.
bloomberg.com (Global: 118^th place; English: 85^th place)
- Gale, Alastair; Mayger, James; Liu, Lucille (January 8, 2026). "How Rare Earths Raise the Stakes in China-Japan Spat". Bloomberg News.
- Sieloff, Sarah (October 7, 2020). "Japan's Bullet Trains Are Hitting a Speed Bump". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020.
books.google.ca (Global: 821^st place; English: 3,464^th place)
- Human Rights Watch (2024). World Report 2024: Events of 2023. Seven Stories Press. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-64421-338-4.
books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)
- Piggott, Joan R. (1997). The Emergence of Japanese Kingship. Stanford University Press. pp. 143–144. ISBN 978-0-8047-2832-4.
- Batchelor, Robert K. (2014). London: The Selden Map and the Making of a Global City, 1549–1689. University of Chicago Press. pp. 76, 79. ISBN 978-0-226-08079-6.
- Habu, Junko (2004). Ancient Jomon of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-521-77670-7.
- Henshall, Kenneth (2012). A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-0-230-34662-8.
- Brown, Delmer M.; Hall, John Whitney; Jansen, Marius B.; Shively, Donald H.; Twitchett, Denis (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. pp. 140–149, 275. ISBN 978-0-521-22352-2.
- Beasley, William Gerald (1999). The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan. University of California Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-520-22560-2.
- Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan (2nd ed.). Blackwell. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Sansom, George (1986) [1961]. A History of Japan: 1334–1615 (reprint ed.). Stanford University Press. pp. 57, 68. ISBN 978-0-8047-0525-7.
- Totman, Conrad (2002). A History of Japan. Blackwell. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Totman, Conrad (2002). A History of Japan. Blackwell. pp. 64–79. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Henshall, Kenneth (2012). "Of Courtiers and Warriors: Early and Medieval History (710–1600)". A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 24–52. ISBN 978-0-230-36918-4.
- Hays, J.N. (2005). Epidemics and pandemics: their impacts on human history. ABC-CLIO. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-85109-658-9.
- Totman, Conrad (2002). A History of Japan. Blackwell. pp. 79–87, 122–123. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Leibo, Steven A. (2015). East and Southeast Asia 2015–2016. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 99–104. ISBN 978-1-4758-1875-8.
- Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan (2nd ed.). Blackwell. pp. 106–112. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Shirane, Haruo (2012). Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600. Columbia University Press. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-231-15730-8.
- Sansom, George (1986) [1961]. A History of Japan: 1334–1615 (reprint ed.). Stanford University Press. pp. 42, 217. ISBN 978-0-8047-0525-7.
- Turnbull, Stephen (2011). Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Osprey Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-84603-960-7.
- Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan (2nd ed.). Blackwell. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Howe, Christopher (1996). The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy. Hurst & Company. pp. 58ff. ISBN 978-1-85065-538-1.
- Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan (2nd ed.). Blackwell. pp. 289–296. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- McCargo, Duncan (2000). Contemporary Japan. Macmillan. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-333-71000-5.
- Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan (2nd ed.). Blackwell. pp. 312–314. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Hiroshi, Shimizu; Hitoshi, Hirakawa (1999). Japan and Singapore in the world economy: Japan's economic advance into Singapore, 1870–1965. Routledge. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-415-19236-1.
- "The Japanese Nation: It has a history of feudalism, nationalism, war and now defeat". LIFE. Vol. 19, no. 12. September 17, 1945. pp. 109–111.
- Paine, S. C. M. (2012). The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949. Cambridge University Press. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-1-139-56087-0.
- Worth, Roland H. Jr. (1995). No Choice But War: the United States Embargo Against Japan and the Eruption of War in the Pacific. McFarland. pp. 56, 86. ISBN 978-0-7864-0141-3.
- Watt, Lori (2010). When Empire Comes Home: Repatriation and Reintegration in Postwar Japan. Harvard University Press. pp. 1–4. ISBN 978-0-674-05598-8.
- McCargo, Duncan (2000). Contemporary Japan. Macmillan. pp. 8–11. ISBN 978-0-333-71000-5.
- Karan, Pradyumna Prasad; Gilbreath, Dick (2005). Japan in the 21st century. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 18–21, 41. ISBN 978-0-8131-2342-4.
- Sakurai, Ryo (2019). Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in Japan: From Asia to the World. Springer. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-981-13-6332-0.
- Dean, Meryll (2002). Japanese legal system: text, cases & materials (2nd ed.). Cavendish. pp. 55–58, 131. ISBN 978-1-85941-673-0.
- Sterio, Milena (2013). The right to self-determination under international law: "selfistans", secession and the rule of the great powers. Routledge. p. xii (preface). ISBN 978-0-415-66818-7.
- Paul, T.V.; Wirtz, James; Fortmann, Michel (2004). Balance of Power: Theory and Practice in the 21st century. Stanford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8047-5017-2.
- Inoue, Kyoko (2007). MacArthur's Japanese Constitution (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0-226-38391-0.
- Ikegami, Naoki (October 14, 2014). Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Japan. World Bank Publications. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-1-4648-0408-3.
- Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard (2010). Modernism and the Museum: Asian, African, and Pacific Art and the London Avant-Garde. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959369-9.
- Locher, Mira (2012). Traditional Japanese Architecture: An Exploration of Elements and Forms. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-1-4629-0606-2.
- Kazuo, Nishi; Kazuo, Hozumi (1995). What is Japanese Architecture?: A Survey of Traditional Japanese Architecture with a List of Sites and a Map. Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-7700-1992-9.
- Keene, Donald (2000). Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- Totman, Conrad (2005). A History of Japan (2nd ed.). Blackwell. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-1-4051-2359-4.
- Royall, Tyler, ed. (2003). The Tale of Genji. Penguin Classics. pp. i–ii, xii. ISBN 978-0-14-243714-8.
- Keene, Donald (1999). World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600–1867. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11467-7.
- Goldstein, Darra (2015). The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. p. 777. ISBN 978-0-19-931339-6.
- Fujita, Hiroko; Stallings, Fran (2008). Folktales from the Japanese Countryside. Libraries Unlimited. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-59158-488-9.
- Batt, Carl A. (2014). Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology. Academic Press. p. 846. ISBN 978-0-12-384733-1.
- Boulton, Christopher; Quain, David (2013). Brewing Yeast and Fermentation. John Wiley & Sons. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-118-68534-1.
britannica.com (Global: 37^th place; English: 64^th place)
- Keene, Donald. "Japanese literature". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
brookings.edu (Global: 1,937^th place; English: 1,225^th place)
- Liff, Adam P. (May 22, 2023). "No, Japan is not planning to 'double its defense budget'". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023.
bunka.go.jp (Global: 929^th place; English: 1,432^nd place)
- Shūkyō nenkan reiwa gan'nen-ban 宗教年鑑令和元年版 [Religious Yearbook 2019] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 2019. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2020.
- "Administration of Cultural Affairs in Japan". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 31, 2002. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
calisphere.org (Global: low place; English: low place)
- "Tale of the bamboo cutter". Calisphere. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
carnegieendowment.org (Global: 3,542^nd place; English: 2,637^th place)
- Szechenyi, Nicholas; Hosoya, Yuichi (October 10, 2019). "Working Toward a Free and Open Indo-Pacific". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
cfr.org (Global: 2,529^th place; English: 1,755^th place)
- Smith, Sheila A. (May 27, 2021). "The Quad in the Indo-Pacific: What to Know". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- Teslik, Lee Hudson (April 13, 2006). "Japan and its military". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020.
christianitytoday.com (Global: 2,457^th place; English: 1,327^th place)
- Shellnutt, Kate (May 29, 2018). "Why Japan Wants Its Past Persecution of Christians to Be World Renowned". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019.
cia.gov (Global: 133^rd place; English: 275^th place)
- "World Factbook: Japan". CIA. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
cnbc.com (Global: 303^rd place; English: 191^st place)
- Huang, Eustance (July 2, 2020). "Japan's middle class is 'disappearing' as poverty rises, warns economist". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022.
cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)
cnn.com
- He, Laura; Semans, Himari (February 2, 2024). "Is China now the world's top car exporter? It's complicated". CNN. Archived from the original on July 27, 2024.
- Falcus, Matt (April 22, 2019). "Asia's 9 busiest airports in 2019". CNN. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019.
- Wakatsuki, Yoko; Griffiths, James (May 7, 2018). "Number of children in Japan shrinks to new record low". CNN. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018.
money.cnn.com
- Pham, Sherisse (May 4, 2017). "How things got ugly for some of Japan's biggest brands". CNN Money. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020.
edition.cnn.com
- Jozuka, Emiko (July 29, 2019). "Japanese anime: From 'Disney of the East' to a global industry worth billions". CNN.
courts.go.jp (Global: 4,381^st place; English: low place)
- "Who will conduct the investigation?". Supreme Court of Japan. 2005. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
dma.org (Global: low place; English: low place)
collections.dma.org
- "Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573–1603)". Dallas Museum of Art. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)
- Spafford, David (2014). "Emperor and Shogun, Pope and King: The Development of Japan's Warrior Aristocracy". Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 88 (1–4): 10–19. doi:10.1086/DIA43493624.
- Carr, Michael (March 1992). "Wa Wa Lexicography". International Journal of Lexicography. 5 (1): 1–31. doi:10.1093/ijl/5.1.1.
- Kondo, Y.; Takeshita, Y.; Watanabe, T.; Seki, M.; Nojiri-ko Excavation Research Group (April 2018). "Geology and Quaternary environments of the Tategahana Paleolithic site in Nojiri-ko (Lake Nojiri), Nagano, central Japan". Quaternary International. 471: 385–395. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.012.
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