Deletion of Japanese exonyms

Comment: We seem to have consensus that main lists of Fooian-language exonyms ''are'' encyclopedic. That we would delete the article for a major language like Japanese simply because the article requires improvement is not a valid deletion rationale, that I can see. (Also   is generally applied to articles on individual words or phrases, in my experience
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NOTDICT)

Comment: Don't do Japanese, but I have often found the lists in various different European languages useful in gathering / distinguishing information. Like most lists (see Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists), this is not an "encyclopedic" article but part of the reference structure or apparatus that makes for having better articles and where  definitely applies
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:PAPER)