Japanese occupation of Malaya

Japanese occupation of Malaya - empire of Japan military rule in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia. This event is the 4990^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events. Article “Japanese occupation of Malaya” in English Wikipedia has 86 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 91 references and 23 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Japanese occupation of Malaya” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 9 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Japanese occupation of Malaya”, its content was written by 193 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 349 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Japanese occupation of Malaya is on the 4990^th place in global ranking of events on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 1149 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3689 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #26153 in July 2013
• Global: #41873 in December 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #127035 in August 2021
• Global: #104907 in August 2021

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Malaya		86.0474
2	Spanish (es) Ocupación japonesa de Malasia		75.5027
3	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie		71.1694
4	Chinese (zh) 马来亚日占时期		61.2429
5	Hebrew (he) הכיבוש היפני במלאיה		60.2833
6	Tamil (ta) மலாயாவில் சப்பானிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பு		53.4976
7	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のマラヤ		42.2491
8	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu		35.3327
9	Korean (ko) 마라야		25.8262
10	Arabic (ar) الاحتلال الياباني لمالايا		23.4205

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese occupation of Malaya" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Malaya		1 259 100
2	Chinese (zh) 马来亚日占时期		335 137
3	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu		75 659
4	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Malaya, Borneo Utara, dan Sarawak oleh Jepang		24 166
5	Russian (ru) Японская оккупация Малайи, Северного Борнео и Саравака		20 627
6	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のマラヤ		19 218
7	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie		15 559
8	Arabic (ar) الاحتلال الياباني لمالايا		6 823
9	Spanish (es) Ocupación japonesa de Malasia		5 631
10	Italian (it) Occupazione giapponese della Malesia britannica		2 784

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese occupation of Malaya" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Malaya		5 575
2	Chinese (zh) 马来亚日占时期		1 336
3	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のマラヤ		609
4	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu		533
5	Russian (ru) Японская оккупация Малайи, Северного Борнео и Саравака		118
6	Spanish (es) Ocupación japonesa de Malasia		117
7	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie		108
8	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Malaya, Borneo Utara, dan Sarawak oleh Jepang		100
9	Italian (it) Occupazione giapponese della Malesia britannica		56
10	Vietnamese (vi) Mã Lai thuộc Nhật		29

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Japanese occupation of Malaya" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Malaya		193
2	Chinese (zh) 马来亚日占时期		57
3	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie		33
4	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のマラヤ		10
5	Spanish (es) Ocupación japonesa de Malasia		8
6	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Malaya, Borneo Utara, dan Sarawak oleh Jepang		8
7	Italian (it) Occupazione giapponese della Malesia britannica		8
8	Hebrew (he) הכיבוש היפני במלאיה		7
9	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu		7
10	Russian (ru) Японская оккупация Малайи, Северного Борнео и Саравака		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Japanese occupation of Malaya" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 马来亚日占时期		4
2	English (en) Japanese occupation of Malaya		2
3	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のマラヤ		2
4	Vietnamese (vi) Mã Lai thuộc Nhật		1
5	Arabic (ar) الاحتلال الياباني لمالايا		0
6	Spanish (es) Ocupación japonesa de Malasia		0
7	Persian (fa) تصرف مالایا توسط ژاپن		0
8	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie		0
9	Hebrew (he) הכיבוש היפני במלאיה		0
10	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Malaya, Borneo Utara, dan Sarawak oleh Jepang		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Japanese occupation of Malaya" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Japanese occupation of Malaya		1 149
2	Chinese (zh) 马来亚日占时期		878
3	Japanese (ja) 日本占領時期のマラヤ		330
4	Tamil (ta) மலாயாவில் சப்பானிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பு		256
5	Malay (ms) Pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu		184
6	Persian (fa) تصرف مالایا توسط ژاپن		157
7	French (fr) Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie		144
8	Indonesian (id) Pendudukan Malaya, Borneo Utara, dan Sarawak oleh Jepang		131
9	Arabic (ar) الاحتلال الياباني لمالايا		116
10	Korean (ko) 마라야		104

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الاحتلال الياباني لمالايا
en	English Japanese occupation of Malaya
es	Spanish Ocupación japonesa de Malasia
fa	Persian تصرف مالایا توسط ژاپن
fr	French Occupation japonaise de la Malaisie
he	Hebrew הכיבוש היפני במלאיה
id	Indonesian Pendudukan Malaya, Borneo Utara, dan Sarawak oleh Jepang
it	Italian Occupazione giapponese della Malesia britannica
ja	Japanese 日本占領時期のマラヤ
ko	Korean 마라야
ms	Malay Pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu
ru	Russian Японская оккупация Малайи, Северного Борнео и Саравака
ta	Tamil மலாயாவில் சப்பானிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பு
vi	Vietnamese Mã Lai thuộc Nhật
zh	Chinese 马来亚日占时期

Best Rank

English: #127035 08.2021

Global: #104907 08.2021

Best Rank

English: #26153 07.2013

Global: #41873 12.2022

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