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Driving side

Driving side must be RHD (Right Hand Driving) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.12.74.82 (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Left- and right-hand traffic. CMD (talk) 05:14, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I didn't think me removing an 88 would remove other links sorry Camillz (talk) 08:29, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Add English as unofficial secondary language as many Japanese people speak it in some capacity.Felixsto (talk) 01:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC) Felixsto (talk) 01:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is your edit request and references? Please put in the format of "Please change X to Y" and here is the reference to support that change. Canterbury Tail talk 02:02, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please change languages from Japanese to Japanese and English. Up to 30% of Japanese people know some English with at least 2% fluent.^[1] It's a minority language.

^ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/26/japan-doesnt-want-to-become-another-casualty-of-english/

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 Add English as unofficial secondary language as many Japanese people speak it in some capacity.[[User:Felixsto|Felixsto]] ([[User talk:Felixsto|talk]]) 01:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC) [[User:Felixsto|Felixsto]] ([[User talk:Felixsto|talk]]) 01:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 :What is your edit request and references? Please put in the format of "Please change X to Y" and here is the reference to support that change. [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 02:02, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
+Please change languages from Japanese to Japanese and English. Up to 30% of Japanese people know some English with at least 2% fluent.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/26/japan-doesnt-want-to-become-another-casualty-of-english/</ref> It's a minority language.