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The thinnest screen in the world is made of soap

Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: The thinnest screen in the world is made of soap! It was invented by Yoichi Ochai, Tokyo University, and the image is displayed on the bubble. Unlike conventional screens, soap bubble varying transparency and reflection on what the image shows a combination of several of these screens can create a 3D effect, said Alexis Oyama, a member of the research team. This innovation will soon be presented at Siggraph conference, which will be dedicated to computer graphics and interactive technology.93.137.42.0 (talk) 16:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great. But not sure if this can really be incorporated into the article.-- Peter ^{Talk page} 20:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely not--and this has the tone of being copied exactly from somewhere else, anyway. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:22, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tidbits from "Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar" have been put on many talk pages by a few IPs. Usually far too detailed to include, and never with a source. CMD (talk) 11:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Needs consideration or reconsideration I think.

Galfromohio (talk) 03:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps someday it could be added to the soap bubble article. Or even just soap. ☮Soap☮ 04:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hatnote link to Japan portal

I feel that Wikipedia benefits if people are encouraged to explore. Thus Wikipedia would surely benefit from mutual links between Portal:Japan and this article, but maybe it's best to get a consensus before going ahead. LittleBen (talk) 04:17, 27 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hatnote added 24th August has definitely increased traffic. LittleBen (talk) 01:57, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

RFC

There is a Request for comment about the question "does a largest cities template/city population template add value to the articles about nations (esp. featured ones)?" This is an open invitation for participating in the request for comment on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/City population templates. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. Mrt3366 ^(Talk?) ^{(New thread?)} 09:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Population census

Why population_census = 128,056,026?
On http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kokusei/pdf/20111026.pdf write: The population of Japan is 128,057,352 as of October 1, 2010.
And no mention of the number 128,056,026. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.149.21.208 (talk) 17:18, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Invented memory that will survive even the apocaliypse!

Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: Japanese companies via Hitachi has revealed the way in which data can save hundreds of millions of years, Croatian daily 24 hours. Precise laser to 2 centimeters big quartz glass embed the binary data and do virtually indestructible, the memory that will survive even the apocalypse!78.2.86.100 (talk) 03:50, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aww man how exciting! Thanks for the quality news update, Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar! -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs email 04:06, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this article belong to Category:Empires?

I'm not sure why this article has been placed in that category - Is Japan currently considered to be an "empire" in any sense of the word? Also, Category:Japan currently belongs to Category:Empires. The Japanese Empire was indeed an empire, but what is the reason for this article's apparently anachronistic (or outdated) classification? Jarble (talk) 00:59, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Second largest producer of automobiles inaccurate

Currently third according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production