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العربية: ختم إمبراطور اليابان.

日本語: 菊花紋章

Deutsch: Nationales und Kaiserliches Siegel Japans

Eesti: Jaapani vapp

Español: Sello imperial de Japón

Français : Sceau impérial du Japon

Magyar: Japán címere

Italiano: Stemma imperiale del Giappone

Монгол: Япон эзэн хааны сүлд

Português: Selo Imperial do Japão

Русский: Императорская печать Японии

Slovenščina: Državni grb Japonske

Українська: Емблема Імператора Японії

Tiếng Việt: 國徽日本 / Quốc huy Nhật Bản

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7 January 2006

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Inspired by File:Japan coa kiku.png

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User:Philip Nilsson

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This work is in the public domain in Japan according to Article 13 of the Copyright Act of Japan, which states that the following shall not form the subject matter of the rights provided for in this Chapter:

(i) the Constitution and other laws and regulations;
(ii) notifications, instructions, circular notices and the like issued by organs of the State or local public entities, independent administrative organs ("independent administrative organs" means those mentioned in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Law for General Rules for Independent Administrative Organs (Law No.103, of 1999); the same shall apply hereinafter) or local independent administrative organs ("local independent administrative organs" means those mentioned in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Law for Local Independent Administrative Organs (Law No.118, of 2003); the same shall apply hereinafter);
(iii) judgments, decisions, orders and decrees of law courts, as well as rulings and decisions made by administrative organs in proceedings similar to judicial ones;
(iv) translations and compilations, of those materials mentioned in the preceding three items, made by organs of the State or local public entities, independent administrative organs or local independent administrative organs.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:49, 5 April 2013	990 × 990 (547 bytes)	Perhelion	more opt
	14:30, 27 March 2013	990 × 990 (616 bytes)	Perhelion	fix petals
	22:14, 20 January 2011	1,000 × 1,000 (850 bytes)	Zscout370	Trying to accomplish what Fry wanted, but still using the minimal code.
	03:52, 20 January 2011	940 × 940 (4 KB)	Fry1989	margins
	04:36, 8 March 2010	1,000 × 1,000 (833 bytes)	CryptoQuick	Reverted to the last optimized file, then added the minor changes of the large file that had been edited by Inkscape.
	16:41, 11 September 2009	1,000 × 1,000 (7 KB)	Zscout370	The stroke size bothered me, so reduced it to match what I see on government documents and coins, such as http://www.mint.go.jp/imperial/index.html
	20:35, 6 December 2008	1,000 × 1,000 (808 bytes)	Penubag	The previous revision looks more gold than the brownish one
	17:39, 2 December 2008	1,000 × 1,000 (3 KB)	Eurodollers	Reverted to version as of 05:06, 3 November 2008, Alex Tora haven't placed any reason. Plaease refer Japanese passport and the Imperial Seal of Emperor's car.
	04:23, 4 November 2008	1,000 × 1,000 (808 bytes)	Alex Tora	Reverted to version as of 20:46, 8 December 2006
	05:06, 3 November 2008	1,000 × 1,000 (3 KB)	Eurodollers	It's rather Gold. Refer Imperial flag or Japanese passport.