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Welcome to the Japanese military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers all articles related to military history in Japan. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Japanese-task-force=yes or Japanese=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Japanese military history task force articles.

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1. 3family6 (talk · contribs) Sengoku period, in particular ikki movements
2. ShauryaOMG (talk · contribs) World War 2
3. Loafiewa (talk · contribs) Meiji Restoration onwards
4. Ominae (talk · contribs) (Mostly JSDF units. Will branch out to JSDF weapons/equipment/vehicles)
5. Suneditor (talk · contribs)
6. Alex Shih (talk · contribs) (Edo period, Meiji period)
7. Ash-Gaar (talk · contribs) (World War II, U.S.-Japan Alliance)
8. Boneyard90 (talk · contribs) (Japanese castles, esp. Azuchi-Momoyama Period; Imperial Japanese Army; WWII)
9. Cla68 (talk · contribs) (World War II Pacific Campaign)
10. JanderVK (talk · contribs)
11. John Smith's (talk · contribs) (No particular speciality)
12. Kierzek (talk · contribs) (Japanese tanks and AFV's of World War II)
13. LordAmeth (talk · contribs) (Everything pre-Meiji)
14. MChew (talk · contribs) (Boshin War through Second Sino-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Navy)
15. Molestash (talk · contribs) Domestic Weaponry
16. Nick-D (talk · contribs) (World War II)
17. Nihonjoe (talk · contribs) (no particular specialty)
18. TakuyaMurata (talk · contribs) (No particular period; can translate stuff in ja wikipedia)
19. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Mostly client states, especially Manchukuo.
20. Romanov loyalist (talk · contribs) Mostly client states, including Mengjiang, Manchukuo, Nanjing regime (WWII)
21. Yamatograd (talk · contribs) (No particular specialty)
22. I edit things that come to mind (talk · contribs) (Modern Japanese weapons, including military projects in development)
23. Yokohama1989 (talk · contribs) (Sengoku jidai, Boshin to Second Sino Japanese War, limited editing related to the JSDF, Japan China relations)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Admiralty Islands campaign Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi Akutan Zero Allied logistics in the Kokoda Track campaign Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II Amagi-class battlecruiser Battle of Arawe Japanese battleship Asahi Axis naval activity in Australian waters Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Battle of Midway Battle of Tassafaronga Felice Beato Battle of the Bismarck Sea Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) Operation Boomerang Boshin War Bougainville counterattack Raid at Cabanatuan Battle of Cape Esperance Carlson's patrol Battle of the Coral Sea Design A-150 battleship Battle of Edson's Ridge Chilean cruiser Esmeralda (1883) Fuji-class battleship Japanese battleship Fusō Fusō-class battleship Convoy GP55 Battle of Goodenough Island Guadalcanal campaign Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Japanese battleship Haruna Battle for Henderson Field Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō Japanese battleship Hyūga Operation Inmate Japanese battleship Ise Air raids on Japan Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga Battle of Kaiapit Operation Ke Operation Kita Koli Point action Battle of Labuan Douglas MacArthur Bill Madden (soldier) Actions along the Matanikau Matanikau Offensive Battle of Milne Bay Battle of Morotai Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse Japanese battleship Musashi Japanese battleship Mutsu Nagato-class battleship Japanese battleship Nagato Russian battleship Peresvet Peresvet-class battleship Russian battleship Pobeda Russian battleship Poltava (1894) Battle of Rennell Island Russian battleship Retvizan Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō Lady Saigō Battle of Saipan Battle of Savo Island Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier Battle of Sio Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū South China Sea raid Surrender of Japan Attack on Sydney Harbour Take Ichi convoy Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi Operation Ten-Go Battle of the Tenaru Battle of Tinian Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945) Tosa-class battleship Japanese battleship Tosa Operation Transom Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942) Japanese battleship Yamashiro Yamato-class battleship Japanese battleship Yamato Japanese battleship Yashima Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) Featured lists List of battleships of Japan List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) List of battlecruisers of Japan List of National Treasures of Japan (castles) A-Class articles Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Operation Cockpit Landing on Emirau Japanese battleship Hatsuse Japanese battleship Hiei Battle of the Hongorai River Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943) Battle of Isurava Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands Japanese battleship Kawachi Japanese battleship Kirishima Japanese battleship Kongō Kongō-class battlecruiser Landings at Cape Torokina Japanese battleship Musashi Japanese battleship Mutsu New Britain campaign Battle of Porton Plantation Sasaki Tōichi Battle of Slater's Knoll Battle of Tsimba Ridge United Nations Command–Rear Battle of Wau Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō Good articles 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun 56th Independent Mixed Brigade 1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan Japanese cruiser Agano Japanese battleship Aki JDS Akishio Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi Japanese cruiser Asama Asama-class cruiser Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japanese cruiser Azuma Battle of Balikpapan (1945) Russian cruiser Bayan (1900) Battle of Madang Borneo campaign CIA activities in Japan Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō Operation Cockpit Death toll of the Nanjing Massacre Design B-65 cruiser Dingyuan-class ironclad Double Tenth incident Battle of Dumpu Battle off Endau Japanese destroyer Enoki (1945) Battle of Finschhafen Formosa Air Battle Fu-Go balloon bomb Japanese battleship Fuji Japanese ironclad Fusō A Glorious Way to Die Japanese destroyer Hagi (1944) Kaname Harada Mochitsura Hashimoto Ikuhiko Hata Japanese battleship Hatsuse Japanese destroyer Hatsuume Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura Japanese battleship Hiei Japanese ironclad Hiei Himeji Castle Japanese destroyer Hinoki (1944) Hiyō-class aircraft carrier Battle of the Hongorai River Huon Peninsula campaign Japanese submarine I-5 Japanese submarine I-179 I-351-class submarine Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943) Ibuki-class armored cruiser Ibuki-class cruiser Iga–Kōka alliance Iga ikki Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I (1889) Indian Ocean raid (1944) Ise-class battleship Battle of Isurava Japanese cruiser Iwate Iwo Jima (video game) Japanese cruiser Izumo Izumo-class cruiser Japanese landing ship No. 1 Japanese transport ship Unyo Maru No. 2 Jinan incident Japanese destroyer Kaba (1945) Japanese destroyer Kaede (1944) Kaga Rebellion Kaga ikki Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō Japanese destroyer Kaki (1944) Japanese battleship Kashima Japanese cruiser Kasuga Japanese battleship Katori Katori-class battleship Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi Kawachi-class battleship Japanese battleship Kawachi Kawaji Toshiyoshi Kawakita v. United States Japanese destroyer Kashi (1944) Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944) Japanese destroyer Keyaki (1944) Kii-class battleship Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944) Japanese battleship Kirishima Kōka ikki Japanese battleship Kongō Japanese ironclad Kongō Kongō-class ironclad Kongō-class battlecruiser Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu Battle of Kranji Japanese aircraft carrier Kumano Maru Japanese destroyer Kusunoki (1945) Japanese destroyer Kuwa (1944) Landing at Lae Landings at Cape Torokina Little Boy Japanese destroyer Maki (1944) Japanese destroyer Matsu (1944) Iwane Matsui Japanese battleship Mikasa Military history of the Aleutian Islands Japanese destroyer Momi (1944) Japanese destroyer Momo (1944) Nanbu clan Japanese cruiser Naniwa Battle of Nanking Japanese destroyer Nara (1944) Japanese destroyer Natsuzuki New Britain campaign Japanese destroyer Nire (1944) Japanese cruiser Nisshin Battle of North Borneo Sanzō Nosaka Number 13-class battleship Japanese destroyer Odake Russian battleship Oryol Japanese cruiser Ōyodo Battle of Pearl Ridge Philippine resistance against Japan Battle of Porton Plantation The Rape of Nanking (book) Battle of Ratsua Japanese ironclad Ryūjō Japanese cruiser Sakawa Japanese destroyer Sakura (1944) Sasaki Tōichi Satake clan Japanese battleship Satsuma Satsuma-class battleship Battle of Sattelberg Landing at Scarlet Beach Seisho Maru Japanese battleship Settsu Japanese destroyer Shii Japanese battleship Shikishima Shikishima-class battleship Japanese aircraft carrier Shin'yō Shō Hashi Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō Siege of Inabayama Castle Battle of Slater's Knoll Stanley Internment Camp Japanese destroyer Sugi (1944) Japanese destroyer Sumire (1944) Japanese destroyer Tachibana (1944) Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō Taiyō-class escort carrier Japanese cruiser Takachiho Japanese destroyer Take (1944) Japanese destroyer Teruzuki (1941) Japanese cruiser Tokiwa Topaz War Relocation Center Treaty battleship Battle of Tsimba Ridge Japanese destroyer Tsubaki (1944) Tsukuba-class cruiser Japanese destroyer Tsuta (1944) Type 26 revolver Type 94 Nambu pistol Type 97 automatic cannon Japanese destroyer Ume (1944) Japanese cruiser Unebi United Nations Command–Rear Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū Japanese aircraft carrier Un'yō Battle of Wareo World War II Japanese cruiser Yakumo Japanese destroyer Yanagi (1944) Attack on Yokosuka Japanese cruiser Yūbari Chinese ironclad Zhenyuan Zuihō-class aircraft carrier Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō

Japanese military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 91 FL 4 A 24 AL 0 GA 157     B 547 BL 2 C 2,007 CL 27 Start 3,380 List 135 Stub 1,041     Total 7,247 Total 168 Other pages Category 124 Disambig 5 Draft 1 File 13 Portal 0 Project 1 Redirect 79 SIA 270 Template 52 User 0 Total 545 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 33,942 Ω 4.577 category

Open tasks

Attention needed

...to referencing and citation (4,677) • ...to coverage and accuracy (3,657) • ...to structure (796) • ...to grammar (247) • ...to supporting materials (784)

Popular pages

Full list

Cleanup needed

Imperial Japanese Army • Nanking Massacre • Yasuhira Kiyohara

Requested articles

23rd Field Artillery Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 65th Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) • 124th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 141st Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 219th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 222nd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 230th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • Siege of Sanada-maru • Battle of Wakae • Battle of Byokchekwan • Battle of Fujishima • Battle of Haejongch'ang • Battle of Mifunedai • Battle of Nirayama • Battle of Pusan (1597) (currently a redirect) • Battle of Wada • Ganritsu-ryū • Tota Ishimaru • Jukishin-ryū • Kiraku-ryū • Kobori-ryū • Kotto ryū Koppo-jutsu • Kurama-ryū • List of Imperial Japanese Navy flying squadrons • Ogasawara ryū Kyūbajutsu • Ogawa-ryū • Onko Chishin Ryū • Owari Kan-ryū • Ryoichi Shoge • Seki-ryū Hojutsu • Shinden Fudō ryū jutaijutsu • Shinden Fudō ryū dakentaijutsu • Shinmuso Hayashizaki-ryū • Shojitsu Kenri Kataichi-ryū • Siege of Gimhae • Siege of Gyeongju • Siege of Minakuchi • Siege of Miryang • Battle of Tangpo • Soma Nomaoi Festival • Takeda-ryū • Yagyū Seigo-ryū • Yasushi Sakai • Morikazu Osugi • Yamagata Seigō • Endō Yoshikazu • Sawamoto Yoriō • Kameto Kuroshima • {{Imperial Japanese Navy air units}} (many redlinks) • List of IJA Independent Infantry Brigades (many redlinks) • List of IJA Mixed Brigades (many redlinks) • Tomio Hara • Category:Infantry Regiments (Imperial Japanese Army) (many missing articles)

Expansion needed

• 23rd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 53rd Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 54th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army) • 41st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) • 51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) • Battle of Chonju • Battle of Lanfeng • French military mission to Japan (1884–89) • French military mission to Japan (1918–19) • Late Hōjō clan • Mochitsura Hashimoto • Operation Tan No. 2 • Seikanron • Shogun • Siege of Ulsan • Tracey Mission • Western New Guinea campaign (and the individual battles of the campaign) • Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944) • Koshamain's War • more...

Images needed

Organization of the Imperial Japanese Army • Teishin Shudan

Merging needed

Add an article here!

Citations needed

Siege of Tongnae • French military mission to Japan (1872–80) • List of Japanese Infantry divisions • Organization of the Imperial Japanese Army • Teishin Shudan

Translation needed

Battle of Amami-Ōshima (expanding from Japanese)

Article alerts

Today's featured article requests

• 09 Feb 2025 – Japanese battleship Tosa (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by The ed17 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

• 21 Dec 2024 – Shō Hashi (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Generalissima (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Dec 2024 – Allied prisoners of war in Japan (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 29 Nov 2024 – Hallelujah night (talk · edit · hist) →Guadalcanal campaign was RfDed by Mdewman6 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 04 Dec 2024 – Hiroshima Maidens (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Spookyaki (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Dec 2024 – List of foreign-born samurai in Japan (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Tinynanorobots (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 16 Dec 2024 – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Imjin War by Gazingo (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 10 Dec 2024 – Imperial Japanese Navy Armor Units (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Imperial Japanese Navy land forces by MWFwiki (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 10 Sep 2023 – Ibaraki Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Harashisaki (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• Stephen Turnbull's books, mainly by Osprey Publishing.
• George Bailey Sansom's three-volume History of Japan
• The multi-volume Hanshi Daijiten (藩史大辞典) (Edited by Kimura Motoi, et al.), for those willing to wade through and translate from a massive Japanese encyclopedia for data on feudal domains.
• Samurai-Archives.com
• Reading Tutor – a very useful website for helping to translate Japanese text.
• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC – online Japanese dictionary
• Post WWII US Naval technical mission to Japan reports in PDF format
• Japanese army operations in the South Pacific Area, translated by Steven Bullard, Australian War Memorial
• Handbook on Japanese Military Forces, written by the US Department of War, useful for various aspects regarding the Pacific War