Talk:Pearl Harbor attack

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 submarines, 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. Rome (talk) 01:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)