Ash
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Japanese RPG = RPG made in Japan.
JRPG = A sub-genre of RPG that became popular in Japan. It usually has some sort of turn-based combat, heavy emphasis on story, all the characters have predefined backgrounds and personalities, and it needs to have animu art. Not animu "sprites" as that is usually difficult to accomplish, but animu art. Also, almost no choices to make or your choices don't matter at all.
By that nonsensical definition it rules out the most popular JRPG, Final Fantasy, as a JRPG, as there is no animu art style in any with the exception of the modern ones, or a game or two in the series with arguably animu-leaning character model styles.