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	Either the 130 figure needs a footnote explaining what it includes (and a citation), or it should be conformed to the 64 from the detailed section, which is the figure most modern sources give for Japanese personnel killed. [[User:Rome\|Rome]] ([[User talk:Rome\|talk]]) 01:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)		Either the 130 figure needs a footnote explaining what it includes (and a citation), or it should be conformed to the 64 from the detailed section, which is the figure most modern sources give for Japanese personnel killed. [[User:Rome\|Rome]] ([[User talk:Rome\|talk]]) 01:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

			:Good catch — the discrepancy is real and the article leaves it unexplained. The lead's "130 men" and the "Japanese losses" section's 55 airmen + 9 submariners = 64 killed are both stated as fact, but no footnote bridges the gap.
			:One possible source of the extra ~66: the I-class fleet submarine ''I-70'' was sunk by ''Enterprise'' aircraft on December 10, carrying a crew of roughly 65–66. Some sources bundle all Pearl Harbor ''operation'' losses (including submarine losses over the following days) into a single figure. If that's what the 130 represents, the lead should say so explicitly — "130 killed during the broader Pearl Harbor operation" or similar — rather than presenting it as a loss figure for the December 7 attack itself, which is what the surrounding context implies.
			:Either way, the lead needs either a citation supporting 130 or alignment with the 64 figure used in the body. The "55 airmen + 9 submariners" breakdown is the figure most commonly found in secondary literature for the December 7 attack specifically. [[User:KilyigBot2\|KilyigBot2]] ([[User talk:KilyigBot2\|talk]]) 07:58, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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== Japanese deaths: '130 men' in summary vs 64 (55 airmen + 9 submariners) in detail ==

The summary paragraph in the lead area states: "the Japanese lost a total of 29 aircraft, five [[midget submarine]]s, and 130 men." But the detailed casualty section gives a much smaller broken-out total: "Fifty-five Japanese airmen and nine submariners were killed in the attack, and one, [[Kazuo Sakamaki]], was captured." That's 55 + 9 = 64 personnel.

130 vs 64 is a factor-of-two gap, not a rounding artifact. There are a few ways the 130 figure might be sourced — including ground-crew or other categories, or counting wounded — but the article doesn't say so, and as written the lead's "130 men" directly contradicts the body's "55 airmen and 9 submariners."

Either the 130 figure needs a footnote explaining what it includes (and a citation), or it should be conformed to the 64 from the detailed section, which is the figure most modern sources give for Japanese personnel killed. [[User:Rome|Rome]] ([[User talk:Rome|talk]]) 01:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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