Umar Mita

Reference note, paraphrased from the association’s indexed biographical account: Umar Mita’s Japanese name was Ryoichi Mita. He helped lead the Japan Muslim Association and wrote introductory works about Islam for Japanese readers. His Japanese rendering of the Qur’an was published on 10 June 1972 after a long process of study and revision. The association describes twelve years of work. This account identifies the translator in the X post; it does not make him the first person ever to translate the Qur’an into Japanese. The complete page could not be fetched during this review, so the indexed account was checked against a separate biography.

Reference note, paraphrased from Abu Tariq Hijazi’s biography: Mita was born in Japan in 1892, studied Chinese, and later devoted himself to Arabic and Islamic learning. He served as the Japan Muslim Association’s second president. His Qur’an translation underwent revision and scholarly review before publication in 1972. Earlier Japanese translations already existed. Translation involves choices about vocabulary, explanation and audience; a rendering of meanings is not identical to the Arabic text. The article’s age arithmetic is inconsistent, so exact ages are not repeated here. The hostile opening quotation in the X post belongs to a different social-media user and must never be attributed to Mita.