For the purpose of this article, a JRPG is defined as a franchise which: (1) is considered a role-playing game by reliable sources and was made in Japan, or (2) made in another country, but otherwise the franchise would be difficult to differentiate from a JRPG due to having common traits found in JRPGs such as: anime/manga character designs, RPG elements, fantasy setting and widely considered as being inspired or influenced by a JRPG.
This is like...several times a circular definition. Some definitions provided aren't but "a JRPG is... made in another country, but would be difficult to differentiate from a JRPG[...]and widely considered as being inspired or influenced by a JRPG"?

Could have just cut all that down to "an RPG with anime/manga character designs" or designating the difference in "roleplaying" between eastern and western RPGs because I'd argue that's where the key difference between the two are. That writer is pretty funny for instead opting to all but say "A JRPG is something like a JRPG."