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Wikipedia includes all texts from the US Library of Congress: Country Studies Japan (Public Domain) website. While the texts are of good quality, they were written around 1992, so some of the information is outdated. Since the Japanese asset price bubble collapsed in 1993, especially the articles on Economy need a review. See #List of recent events. You can help wikipedia by updating these articles.

1. Pick an article / a topic
2. try to find up-to-date information on the topic (see #Sources) on the internet, in newspapers or in your library. Check official government sites for statistics
3. If you find a possible source, but you can't read the language, post it on the talk page and we'll find a translator
4. update the article

or

• check the Wikimedia Commons for pictures, check Wikisource for sources
• proofread
• wikify and check links
• categorize
• clean up
• search for other wikipedia articles where the loc articles can be linked
• add books to bibliography
• create navigation boxes to link related articles
• link check
• translations to other wikis

Category:Communications in Japan

• Communications in Japan

Category:Economy of Japan

• Economy of Japan
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan
• Construction industry of Japan
• Defense industry of Japan
• Energy production in Japan
• Japanese asset price bubble
• Japanese consumer electronics industry
• Japanese financial system
• Japanese mining industry
• Japanese public corporations
• Japanese work environment
• Labor market of Japan
• Manufacturing industries of Japan
• Private enterprise in Japan
• Research and Development in Japan
• Trade and services in Japan
• Working women in Japan

Category:Education in Japan

• Education in Japan
• Elementary school in Japan
• Secondary education in Japan
• Higher education in Japan

Category:Government of Japan

• Balance of payments accounts of Japan (1960-90)
• Civil service of Japan
• Government-business relations in Japan
• Industrial policy of Japan
• Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan

Category:Law enforcement in Japan

• Criminal justice system of Japan
• Judicial system of Japan
• Penal system of Japan
• Police system of Japan
• Public order and internal security in Japan

Category:Military of Japan

• Japan Defense Agency
• Defense budget of Japan
• National security of Japan
• Japan Self-Defense Forces
• Japan Air Self-Defense Force
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
• Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Category:Organizations based in Japan

• Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives
• Citizen and consumer movements in Japan
• Labor unions in Japan
• Nihon Keidanren

Category:Politics of Japan

• Controversies regarding the role of the Emperor of Japan
• Environmental protection in Japan
• Political funding in Japan

Category:Japanese society

• Crime in Japan
• Elderly people in Japan
• Health care in Japan
• Living standard in Japan
• Social welfare in Japan
• Women in Japan

Category:Foreign relations of Japan

• Economic relations of Japan
• Foreign policy of Japan
• Foreign relations of Japan
• Foreign trade policies of Japan
• International economic cooperation policy of Japan
• Japan and the United Nations

this one needs a wikify, too

• Japan-Oceania relations
• Japan-United States relations
• Japanese foreign policy on Africa
• Japanese foreign policy on Southeast Asia
• Japanese-Australian relations
• Japanese-Korean relations
• Japanese-Russian relations
• Japanese-Soviet relations
• Japanese-Vietnamese relations
• Philippine-Japanese relations
• Sino-Japanese relations

This one also needs a merge and a wikify

This sections tries to compile a list of major events since 1992 that may cause articles to be outdated. (please contribute to this list)

• the Japanese asset price bubble collapsed in 1993
• The electoral system was reformed in 1994.
• The LDP regained power in 1996.
• Several labor unions merged in 1996.
• Ministries have been merged in a reform 2001
• The Japan Post has been privatized in 2007, (law voted in 2005-2006 under Junichiro Koizumi)
• US Marines bases issues including the Relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (1996-...)

• http://www.oecd.org/ - OECD homepage - has up-to-date statistics and background information on many issues. Texts are copyrighted; statistics can be quoted
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/ - best English-language newspaper in Japan (my ^who? opinion)
• The Ryukushimpo (very good English-lg online np too)

You don't have to sign here to contribute, but we prefer you to sign here. It would be nice to know.

• Mkill 03:07, 5 November 2005 (UTC) reply
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