Land of the Rising Sun (A+)
In Japanese, Nippon means "Land of the Rising Sun."
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The Japanese call Japan: Nippon. And in English Nippon is: Japan. But Nippon is the original word for Japan.
The Japanese name for Japan is Nihon / Nippon, where the written pictographs mean "sun origin." In the originally-Chinese characters, the name referred to Japan's location east of mainland China, in the direction of the rising sun.
Nippon is Japan.
Nippon is now called Japan.
Japan is known as Nippon in Japanese.
Nippon Ham's population is 15,118.
The population of Nippon Television is 2,011.
Sports Nippon was created in 1948.
Nippon Columbia was created in 1910.
Nippon Camera was created in 1950.