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The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia Nihongoban, lit. 'Wikipedia Japanese-language version') is the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, [1] the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008.

英語名称 Japanese Wikipediaを略してjawpとも呼ばれ、財団はjawikiとも呼んでいる。

Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 128 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.

Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto .

Apr 23, 2023 · Japanese Wikipedia is the 12th largest Wikipedia in terms of number of articles, having 1,303,943 articles as of 8 December, 2021. It became active at the end of January 2003 when the Wired News covered English Wikipedia and the news was translated into Japanese.