Talk:List of islands of Japan

List inadequate

This is a seriously inadequate list, if it is meant to be comprehensive. There are hundreds of smaller islands in Japan.User:Andycjp 20th March 2005

Sorted lists

How about articles:

• List of Japanese islands by area
• List of Japanese islands by population
• List of Japanese islands by per capita GDP
• and so on

Of course, we wouldn't want to include every minor island that no one cares about. Maybe the island lists can be restricted to inhabited islands, large enough islands, or both. —Tokek 22:27, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Go for it! I don't see a need to provide a cutoff; as long as anyone's interested in adding information, why not let them. But if the article by area has headings in it (along the lines of Over 1000 km²; 100 – 1000 km²; 30 – 100 km²; Under 30 km²) then it's very useful, and provides a framework for growth. The same can be done for population. As for per capita GDP, are sources available? Given the info, it sounds very useful. Fg2 02:29, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Takeshima as disputed Japanese territory

It is under Korean government's jurisdiction. Japanese claim doesn't count, therefore, even "-disputed" tag won't justify its presence in the list. The list only shows islands under Japanese government's control. If you don't agree with my words, go to talk:Dokdo, and look at one of the archives. If you have problem with my edit, I ask that you spill over this issue to the talk:Dokdo article. (Wikimachine 20:55, 9 December 2006 (UTC))

Regardless of which side one thinks is "right", the fact that Takeshima/Dokdo is claimed by Japan and this claim is disputed is impossible to argue. Removing disputed territories from lists is counter-productive. CES 03:24, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Dejima

I'm not sure that Dejima counts as an artificial island any longer. Certainly it was historically, but with the amount of land reclamation that has occurred in Nagasaki it now sits in the middle of the city next to a car park. --Jrhe9823 00:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

'Looks like the body of a dragon'

Should that really be in the lead? I know it's sourced, but it seems like an odd thing to make note of. Why not just state how many islands there are, maybe the total area, and move that line down a little? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.13.173.218 (talk) 05:26, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Unification of usage island name suffixes

Now we have Shimoshima Island, Shimoshima, Shimo-shima, Shimo Shima, Shimo Jima, Shimo Island etc. Not for each particular island, but for different islands over the list and articles. Same for -gunto -retto etc. Nobody writes in the English article "Ostrov Sakhalin" or "Ostrov Sakhalin Island", why for Japan things are different? But if "Shimoshima Island" is ok, because it's a tradition etc., we should always spell it same way and for all islands. 178.45.215.110 (talk) 08:01, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Title

You can't really use this title. I thought that this would be a list of ALL Japanese islands, not just a few of them!! GOLDIEM J (talk) 08:50, 2 May 2020 (UTC)