Editing V sign (section)

===Japan===
The V sign, primarily palm-outward, is very commonly made by [[Japanese people]], especially younger people, when posing for informal photographs, and is known as  {{nihongo||ピースサイン|pīsu sain|peace sign}}, or more commonly simply {{nihongo||ピース|pīsu|peace}}. As the name reflects, this dates to the Vietnam War era and anti-war activists, though the precise origin is disputed. The V sign was known in Japan from the post-[[World War II]] [[Allied occupation of Japan]], but did not acquire the use in photographs until later.
[[File:Amusement Girls 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.02|Young Japanese women giving V gesture in [[Ikebukuro]] (2010)]]
In Japan, it is generally believed to have been influenced by [[Beheiren]]'s anti-Vietnam War activists in the late 1960s and a [[Konica]] camera advertisement in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ameblo.jp/skip9/image-10568598135-10600580586.html|title=雑誌に載ったわたし。|work=日刊「きのこ」 skipのブログ}}</ref><ref>[http://nendai-ryuukou.com/1970/1971.htm 1971's buzzwords]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A more colorful account of this practice claims it was influenced by the American figure skater [[Janet Lynn]] during the [[1972 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaidō]]. She fell during a free-skate period, but continued to smile even as she sat on the ice. Though she placed third in the competition, her cheerful diligence and persistence resonated with many Japanese viewers. Lynn became an overnight [[Gaijin tarento|foreign celebrity in Japan]]. A peace activist, Lynn frequently flashed the V sign when she was covered in [[Media of Japan|Japanese media]], and she is credited by some Japanese for having popularized its use since the 1970s in amateur photographs.<ref name=icons-asian-peace/>