Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yuji Abe
I am not sure what are being referred to as "English language notability criteria". As  states, "Sources do not have to be available online or written in English." There is no requirement that subjects need to be notable in the English-language world to appear in the English language Wikipedia. As for Abe, he has been on television in Japan for over two decades, most recently as a news and entertainment reporter. His is a face most Japanese know. Here are just a few articles about him or that feature him:  http://news.mynavi.jp/series/shugyoku/017/, http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/88357/full/, https://woman.infoseek.co.jp/news/entertainment/gendainet_401172, https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1673591, http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2017/02/04/005/, http://jp.ign.com/vr/13753/news/vr, http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20170519-OHT1T50044.html, http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/10661987/, http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/10369908/, http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/entertainment/news/CK2017070502000149.html, http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/9223693/, http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/9157973/, etc. He actually has appeared a lot in the news in the last few days because his daughter was selected as Miss Universe Japan
— User:Michitaro, 08:32, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)