Hello Shinkansen Fan, Got a question about {{Hiroshima}}. Its top line identifies the contents as municipalities, but you're adding wards of the city of Hiroshima, and they're not municipalities. Should we amend the top line so it includes more than municipalities, or should we take out the wards? Fg2 (talk) 11:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thank you for asking, Fg2. I'm changing this template so that it's more in line with the Japanese version. The wards of a designated city is not a municipality. They are part of the city government. You are right, but I think each designated city should have its own place in this template, not just "one" of cities. The wards are required in the addressing system, so I think they should be mentioned here. In the Japanese template, we have 広島県の自治体"等" or Municipalities, "etc". in the title. "等" refers to the wards of Hiroshima. So the top line should be something like Municipalities and Wards? Maybe we need to discuss this somewhere else.
I edited {{Kyoto}} and {{Hyogo}} as well. I noticed that someone else already made similar changes to {{Chiba}} and {{Saitama}}. I think this format looks good. Shinkansen Fan (talk) 12:01, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It would be a good idea to discuss it somewhere, for example, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan. I'm not opposed to doing something for wards of designated cities. Your suggestion of Municipalities and Wards might be best, or someone might come up with something else. Best regards, Fg2 (talk) 12:26, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The English "Tokyo Electron" page is being recreated. You might like to add in all the good stuff that you've done already. Advantest also needs a cleanup. LittleBen (talk) 05:55, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's great, but I have too many things to do now. I want everyone else to translate the rest of the ja:東京エレクトロン article. As for Advantest, ja:アドバンテスト has some basic information and the company logo. Another major player in this sector is Dainippon Screenja:大日本スクリーン製造. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 15:22, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for all your good work! LittleBen (talk) 15:52, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
> As for Tokyo Electron, I downloaded two images, the company logo and the corporate slogan,
> from the official site and converted them to SVG with Inkscape. Can we upload them to Wikimedia Commons?
> I'm worried about copyright issues because both of them are TEL's trademarks.
Sorry I'm not an expert on such issues. I recommend that you as about this somewhere like QwerpQwertus (talk). LittleBen (talk) 15:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with deletion. In fact, I just wanted to make a template but forgot to add "Template:" to the page title. Sorry about that. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 11:20, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not remove the Food & Drink project banners from articles. While your project has a Food & Drink working group/task force, it is improper to remove the tags of other projects. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 20:08, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed your question on the Vocaloid discussion page... Yes, there is enough content to expand the Vocaloid page. However, I'm creating a "Vocaloid (software)", "Vocaloid 2" and "Vocaloid 3" page perhaps when Vocaloid 3 comes out. It depends on how things go. If might be best to wait until Vocaloid 3 is out. Its likely going to be with us by the end of the year and depending on its set up, it might affect how the layout of the Vocaloid page turns out. In the meantime, you could try re-organising the page or thinking about other ideas. "Vocaloid 2" will likely consume MOST of the references alone while "Vocaloid (software)" will not have so much anyway. 94.168.119.106 (talk) 21:51, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Plese take a look at the Vocaloid talk page. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 05:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Shinkansen Fan. I didn't notice your edits to Template:Jmyth navbox long back in January, but I've just seen them. Those edits entirely removed mention of Buddhism and other traditions. Although you refer to discussion at WikiProject Japan, I don't think that that discussion shows consensus for the wholesale changes you made; certainly, I don't agree, as I think you can see from my comments there. I have reverted your changes using Twinkle.
Your comments during the 2010 discussion suggest that Shinto is "the Japanese mythology", but it is widely accepted that Shinto, Buddhism, and folk traditions all contribute to Japan's religious and mythic landscape. This is reflected at Japanese mythology and in books such as 神仏習合 (Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism, Yoshie 1996) and 神仏信仰事典 (Encyclopedia of Shinto and Buddhist Beliefs, 1998 et seq.).
You may want to create a new template for Shinto belief and tradition rather than removing Buddhism (and the 七福神) from Jmyth navbox. (Also see Template:Shinto.) Cnilep (talk) 01:42, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On Sea of Japan naming dispute, I think there's already too many pictures. We definitely can't add more pictures that all have the Sea of Japan name, because that violates WP:NPOV--it gives to much prominence to one side of the dispute. Further, at least one of the pictures is irrelevant (the Tokkaido provinces, since that's not even on the sea in question). Maybe one or two of those pics could be included, possibly replacing the ones that are already there, but we should figure that out on the article's talk page. If you don't mind, please propose there why you think one or more of the pics should be added specifically. Thanks. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I was confusing that article with another one--there's not "too many pictures". However, I do still think we need to be careful about WP:NPOV. I'll open up a place on the article's talk to discuss. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added these images because they were not used here. I don't want to write a lot on this because it's a turnoff for me, but please consider reinstating the images. I feel the current article is lacking in content.
This is not really a Korean-Japanese dispute in our view, but it's (South) Korea vs the international standard for sea-borne trade and navigation. Please include the Russian and Chinese names, which are exclusively Japan Sea. I don't understand why their POVs are not mentioned in "Other countries". Russia, a truly Eurasian power, faces this sea and played a major role in spreading this name in Europe.
Also, the historical name used by in China is 鯨海 (Whale Sea) according to zh:日本海. China uses Japan Sea because it has own East Sea, the East China Sea, which Japan accepts as the international standard. This article cites 中國社會科學院所編制的《中國歷史地圖集》中，元、明、清三個時期的地圖亦把日本海標為鯨海。學術背景，請參考“中国载籍所见的日本海名称（本文载《太平洋学报》1995年第1期）[1]”
"'Sea of Japan,' however, was not widely used even in Japan until the mid-19th century. It is worthy of note that, as late as 1870, even many Japanese maps referred to this body of water as “Sea of Joseon (Korea) instead of “Sea of Japan.” I think this is dubious. How many Japanese maps? What about the 1792 map by Shiba Kōkan, which describes the Pacific Ocean as "East Sea of Japan" (日本東海)? If they don't have more European maps to back up their argument, then it doesn't look so solid. There's another image which I didn't include: File:Japanese map in South Korea.jpga Korean map.
Finally, please don't delete the sentence that explains what "East Sea"means in Japanese. This is very relevant to this topic, at least in Japan. The other images are not even Japanese, so I don't see how they are Japanese POV. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 08:16, 19 April 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Perhaps saying "Japanese POV" is the wrong way of putting it. What I meant is, we shouldn't have 5 different images that all say "Sea of Japan", and only 1 that says "East Sea". I understand your point, that internationally this is the accepted name, but we have to be careful to keep the article neutral. Still, I think that we could add one or two more maps, especially those that aren't Japanese. Two maps I'm sure don't belong are the map of Östersjön, and the map of Tokkaido, as both are irrelevant to this article.
Regarding other countries, I would definitely like it if you could add information verified by reliable sources about what other countries call the sea--it would go right into the "Other countries" section. Note that we can't just say "This Russian map says "Sea of Japan", so Russia calls it that." We'd need to say "In official government publications, Russia uses the term..." backed up by some sort of secondary source with that claim. Note that it would be better if that secondary source was no Japanese or Korean in origin.
Regarding the sentence about Tokai in Japanese, it's also irrelevant. No one is questioning what country's should call the name internally--they're questioning the international name.
So, on the pics, let's discuss on the article talk page which ones you think would be best to add. Qwyrxian (talk) 08:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The diagram which you submitted has been replaced with a clearer and improved version that better explains the subject. Also the text has been enlarged and made to relate to this subject at large. Please review my changes and make comments etc. Macrocompassion (talk) 16:20, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Shinkansen Fan!
I have started a new project to promote Handai at Wikipedia. That is the first project about a Japanese university here. I have noticed that you are from Japan (or may be even from Kansai!) and you like translating Japanese articles into English. May be we could collaborate and let people know more about one of the brightest Japanese institutions. There are no members yet, so any help would be very much appreciated! Or may be you know someone from Japanese Wiki who would be interested in this. よろしくお願い致します！
GaiJin (talk) 09:45, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have lived in Kansai for years but not in Osaka. So I'm not very familiar with Handai. For starters, Tekijuku needs to be expanded and I may be able to contribute. Perhaps you could ask someone from Wikipedia_talk:JA where people post questions and answers about Japan-related articles or Portal:Osaka. --Shinkansen Fan (talk) 08:07, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your reply. I'll check on the links you provided. Anyway, if you feel like joining the project you are always welcome. Helping out with Tekijuku, Kaitokudo or Naniwa High School would be very helpful. Best regards, GaiJin (talk) 13:51, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Finding Japanese newspaper articles from 2005[edit]
I've been looking for a way to access archives of Japanese newspapers, as I wanted to get some articles about the renovation of a historic elementary school in Tokyo, Takanawadai Elementary School (港区立高輪台小学校). I'd appreciate getting some copies of such articles so I can start an article on it in English.
@WhisperToMe I don't know exactly what you are trying to find. The public libraries of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government or the Minato Ward or the Board of Education might have copies of such articles. Shinkansen Fan (talk) 15:20, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I saw your user page and was curious if you might be interested in collaborating on articles for Japanese companies, for example Rapidus. If you are, could you please review the English and Japanese articles for comparison and transfer any missing information? Another good subject might be Tokyo Electron for improving next. - Indefensible (talk) 23:05, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Indefensible. I added a few internal links to the English article of Rapidus, which seems to cover the main points mentioned in the Japanese article. I've read METI's policy document on the semiconductor market. I think I can add more detail to the background history. I don't have enough knowledge on IBM's critical technology called Gate-All-Around FET (GAA FET). As for Tokyo Electron, I will update all the corporate publications such as the integrated report and fact book. Shinkansen Fan (talk) 14:43, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thank you for your help! Please reach out again if you ever want to collaborate on any topics in the future. - Indefensible (talk) 21:32, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Japanese article of Rapidus briefly mentions TSMC's and Samsung's attempt to produce GAA FTT devices, which are probably different from IBM's devices. If you know any sources covering GAA FETs produced by TSMC and Samsung, please add more information to the English article of Rapidus.
Also, the CHIPS for America initiative will establish the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), but there is no article for this research organization. According to METI's document, the Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), the main research partner for Rapidus, is meant to be a Japanese counterpart to NSTC. I'd appreciate it if you or someone else in Portal:Electronics would write about this topic. Shinkansen Fan (talk) 15:28, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, I made an amendment based on this article[2] about how the terminus of the Chuo Shinkansen will have its terminus at Tokyo Station, rather than Shinagawa Station. It says :
"The Chuo Shinkansen line was initially only going to connect Osaka with Shinagawa Station, Tokyo. However, the plans were soon amended to include an extension to Tokyo city center. The creation of a short underground route to central Tokyo from Shinagawa was approved in 2017 and will make Tokyo Station the terminus of the route. This will make it easier for travelers to catch connections to other parts of Japan, as Tokyo Station is the terminus for all of the Shinkansen high-speed lines in the Japanese capital."
I am just confused as to why you struck my change down. 145.224.125.82 (talk) 13:12, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have deleted your changes because that statement is simply wrong.
On 26 May 2011, MLIT decided to start the Chuo Shinkansen project, from Shinagawa to Nagoya, and a future extension to Shin-Osaka, in accordance with Projected Shinkansen Workflow from Planning to Service Launch as codified by the Nationwide Shinkansen Railway Development Act.
On 17 October 2014, MLIT approved JR Central's plan to build the section from Shinagawa to Nagoya.
There has been no change to the construction plan whatsoever since then. Construction work is ongoing.
Yes, the government has approved the extension to Shin-Osaka, although it is yet to be finalized and projected.
No, neither JR Central nor MLIT has taken any action for the extension to Tokyo Station.
Then what does the JR railpass article say? I don't understand. Kracky05 (talk) 14:45, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That website, JR raillpass, is not maintained by the JR companies. JR Central is not involved. Its "Contact us" page says, "The company Japan Rail Pass is an authorized distributor of the Japan Rail Pass. We are not part of the Japan Railways Group (JR)."
The fact is that there is no plan to extend Chuo Shinkansen from Shinagawa to Tokyo Station. JR Central has never submitted an extension plan to the MLIT Transport Policy Council. Therefore, that "approval" has never been given. It's simply misinformation.
There is a plan to extend the Tsukuba Express to Tokyo Station, but that's an unrelated project. Shinkansen Fan (talk) 15:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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