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This is a selection of recently created new articles on Wikipedia that's related to Japan, and were presented on the Portal:Japan page. Some, but not all of them, were featured on the Main Page as part of Did you know?

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Koshien, the home stadium of Japan's high-school baseball tournaments
  • ...that Nihonjinron (日本人論, "discourse on the Japanese") is a Japanese term referring to a genre of discourses that posit and examine certain unique characteristics, behaviors, or thinking-patterns of the Japanese people?
  • ...that an obi (帯) is the top-most sash worn with various styles of kimono and martial-arts uniforms; several other sashes may be worn under the obi to secure the clothing in place and/or to enhance the shape of the body or of the uppermost sash?
  • ...that in Japan, "high school baseball" (高校野球: kōkō yakyū) generally refers to baseball tournaments played by high schools nationwide culminating at a final tournament at Hanshin Kōshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan?