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The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia Nihongoban, lit. ' Japanese version of Wikipedia ') is the Japanese edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008. As of May 2024, it ...
- May 11, 2001; 22 years ago
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I maintain a personal list of what I consider to be some of the most interesting Wikipedia articles and, having recently reached 500 entries, I figured I'd share it. You can find it here. Fair warning, many of the articles are macabre with a lot of murders, disasters and disappearances scattered throughout the list.
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I keep hearing about how japanese wikipedia is of poor quality and having a right-wing bent. Are there any good alternative sites I can read articles on varieties of subjects?
The number of Japanese-language articles on Wikipedia has passed the 1 million mark, eclipsing Japan's most well-known printed encyclopedia and growing by more than 100 entries per day.
Apr 28, 2024 · The number of Japanese-language articles on Wikipedia passes the 1 million mark, eclipsing Japan's most well-known printed encyclopedia, with more than 100 entries added per day.
Several encyclopedias have been published in Japan since World War II, including several children's encyclopedias, and two major titles are currently available: the Encyclopedia Nipponica, published by Shogakukan, and the Sekai Dai-Hyakka Jiten, compiled by the Heibonsha publishing company. A Japanese Wikipedia is also available.
The Japanese Wikipedia (Japanese: ウィキペディア日本語版) is the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in September 2002. It is the 13th largest edition by article count. As of November 5, 2016, it has over 1,036,000 articles. References
