北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題

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North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens - abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea from 1977-83. Article "北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題" in Japanese Wikipedia has 63.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 238 references and 59 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in Japanese version.

In June 2025 the article "北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題" was edited by 1 authors in Japanese Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題", its content was written by 366 registered users of Japanese Wikipedia (864^th place) and edited by 861 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1339 times in Japanese Wikipedia (7783^rd place) and cited 2177 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Japanese): #73 in July 2004
• Global: #5848 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Japanese): #25 in June 2020
• Global: #1594 in June 2020

There are 19 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	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		80.7573
2	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		63.6128
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		53.6597
4	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		50.9448
5	Vietnamese (vi) Các vụ bắt cóc công dân Nhật Bản của Bắc Triều Tiên		42.8865
6	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		42.5406
7	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		40.6798
8	Czech (cs) Únosy Japonců do Severní Koreje		37.8117
9	Persian (fa) ربوده شدن شهروندان ژاپنی توسط کره شمالی		34.6067
10	Norwegian (no) Nord-Koreas bortføring av japanske borgere		27.1014

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		4 435 572
2	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		1 875 657
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		447 627
4	Russian (ru) Похищения японцев агентами КНДР		96 255
5	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		93 505
6	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		50 390
7	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		43 135
8	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		14 906
9	Vietnamese (vi) Các vụ bắt cóc công dân Nhật Bản của Bắc Triều Tiên		10 759
10	Romanian (ro) Japonezi răpiți de Coreea de Nord		5 983

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		10 405
2	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		10 063
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		2 344
4	Russian (ru) Похищения японцев агентами КНДР		754
5	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		288
6	Simple English (simple) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		283
7	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		270
8	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		218
9	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		170
10	Vietnamese (vi) Các vụ bắt cóc công dân Nhật Bản của Bắc Triều Tiên		100

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		366
2	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		229
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		82
4	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		44
5	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		33
6	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		31
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	German (de) Entführungen japanischer Staatsbürger durch die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea		1
2	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題		1
3	Chinese (zh) 朝鲜绑架日本人问题		1
4	Arabic (ar) اختطاف كوريا الشمالية مواطنين يابانيين		0
5	Czech (cs) Únosy Japonců do Severní Koreje		0
6	English (en) North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens		0
7	Spanish (es) Secuestros de japoneses por Corea del Norte		0
8	Persian (fa) ربوده شدن شهروندان ژاپنی توسط کره شمالی		0
9	Finnish (fi) Pohjois-Koreaan kaapatut japanilaiset		0
10	French (fr) Enlèvements de citoyens japonais par la Corée du Nord		0

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

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