Penal Code of Japan

Penal Code of Japan - one of six Codes that form the foundation of modern Japanese law. Article “Penal Code of Japan” in English Wikipedia has 23 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 12 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.21 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Penal Code of Japan”, its content was written by 24 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 135 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 54 times in English Wikipedia and cited 967 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #28104 in February 2004
• Global: #52954 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #534536 in April 2008
• Global: #208459 in May 2020

There are 8 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, 2025 (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	Japanese (ja) 刑法 (日本)		69.3702
2	English (en) Penal Code of Japan		22.993
3	Russian (ru) Уголовный кодекс Японии		18.6277
4	German (de) Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)		12.0489
5	Korean (ko) 일본 형법		8.8319
6	French (fr) Code pénal japonais de 1907		3.4054
7	Turkish (tr) Japon Ceza Kanunu		3.3171
8	Spanish (es) Código penal de Japón		2.166

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Penal Code of Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 刑法 (日本)		844 958
2	English (en) Penal Code of Japan		172 619
3	Spanish (es) Código penal de Japón		30 398
4	French (fr) Code pénal japonais de 1907		12 244
5	Russian (ru) Уголовный кодекс Японии		5 358
6	Turkish (tr) Japon Ceza Kanunu		2 578
7	Korean (ko) 일본 형법		2 543
8	German (de) Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)		1 603

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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 "Penal Code of Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 刑法 (日本)		2 621
2	English (en) Penal Code of Japan		940
3	Russian (ru) Уголовный кодекс Японии		217
4	German (de) Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)		104
5	Spanish (es) Código penal de Japón		76
6	Korean (ko) 일본 형법		49
7	French (fr) Code pénal japonais de 1907		16
8	Turkish (tr) Japon Ceza Kanunu		14

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

Language versions of the article "Penal Code of Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 刑法 (日本)		74
2	English (en) Penal Code of Japan		24
3	French (fr) Code pénal japonais de 1907		16
4	Spanish (es) Código penal de Japón		11
5	Turkish (tr) Japon Ceza Kanunu		4
6	German (de) Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)		3
7	Russian (ru) Уголовный кодекс Японии		2
8	Korean (ko) 일본 형법		1

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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 "Penal Code of Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 刑法 (日本)		3
2	German (de) Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)		0
3	English (en) Penal Code of Japan		0
4	Spanish (es) Código penal de Japón		0
5	French (fr) Code pénal japonais de 1907		0
6	Korean (ko) 일본 형법		0
7	Russian (ru) Уголовный кодекс Японии		0
8	Turkish (tr) Japon Ceza Kanunu		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 "Penal Code of Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 刑法 (日本)		827
2	English (en) Penal Code of Japan		54
3	French (fr) Code pénal japonais de 1907		41
4	Russian (ru) Уголовный кодекс Японии		18
5	Korean (ko) 일본 형법		13
6	Spanish (es) Código penal de Japón		9
7	German (de) Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)		5
8	Turkish (tr) Japon Ceza Kanunu		0

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#	Language	Value
de	German Strafgesetzbuch (Japan)
en	English Penal Code of Japan
es	Spanish Código penal de Japón
fr	French Code pénal japonais de 1907
ja	Japanese 刑法 (日本)
ko	Korean 일본 형법
ru	Russian Уголовный кодекс Японии
tr	Turkish Japon Ceza Kanunu

Best Rank

English: #534536 04.2008

Global: #208459 05.2020

Best Rank

English: #28104 02.2004

Global: #52954 02.2004

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