Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Update task force

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

• Communications in 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

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

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

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

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

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