North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens

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North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens - abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea from 1977-83. Article "North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens" in English Wikipedia has 81.2 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 97 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Japanese.

In July 2024 the article "North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens", its content was written by 223 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 835 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 178 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2061 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5781 in April 2004
• Global: #5852 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #15655 in December 2017
• Global: #1594 in June 2020

There are 17 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 August 1, 2024 (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) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		81.2189
2	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		68.051
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		52.1518
4	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		51.7575
5	Vietnamese (vi) Các vụ bắt cóc công dân Nhật Bản của Bắc Triều Tiên		43.0185
6	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		42.0892
7	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		40.8792
8	Czech (cs) Únosy Japonců do Severní Koreje		38.0071
9	Norwegian (no) Nord-Koreas bortføring av japanske borgere		27.2146
10	Ukrainian (uk) Викрадення японців Північною Кореєю		25.993

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		4 296 497
2	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		1 762 518
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		414 167
4	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		90 296
5	Russian (ru) Похищения японцев агентами КНДР		86 567
6	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		47 780
7	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		36 357
8	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		12 228
9	Vietnamese (vi) Các vụ bắt cóc công dân Nhật Bản của Bắc Triều Tiên		9 522
10	Romanian (ro) Japonezi răpiți de Coreea de Nord		5 723

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		10 172
2	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		9 174
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		2 867
4	Russian (ru) Похищения японцев агентами КНДР		787
5	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		287
6	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		227
7	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		197
8	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		192
9	Vietnamese (vi) Các vụ bắt cóc công dân Nhật Bản của Bắc Triều Tiên		110
10	Portuguese (pt) Sequestro de japoneses pela Coreia do Norte		66

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		361
2	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		223
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		79
4	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		41
5	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		32
6	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		29
7	Russian (ru) Похищения японцев агентами КНДР		15
8	Czech (cs) Únosy Japonců do Severní Koreje		11
9	Ukrainian (uk) Викрадення японців Північною Кореєю		11
10	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		8

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		2
2	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		2
3	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		0
4	Czech (cs) Únosy Japonců do Severní Koreje		0
5	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		0
6	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		0
7	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		0
8	Indonesian (id) Penculikan warga negara Jepang oleh Korea Utara		0
9	Korean (ko) 납북 일본인 문제		0
10	Norwegian (no) Nord-Koreas bortføring av japanske borgere		0

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

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