The new name of Nippon is Japan. The name has actually been changed several times and was Nihon or Wakoku originally.
The Japanese name for Japan is Nihon, and officially Nippon (nippon-koku, state of Japan).
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Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku. Depends on how U pronouce it!!
Uroboros -With the Proof in the Name of Living...- At Nippon Budokan was created on 2010-05-26.
Nihon/Nippon.......(for our own Look Who's answering quiz club)
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.
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The official name is 日本国 (nippon-koku/nihon-koku). 日本 (nihon) is the name used ordinarily. 日本 may be pronounced as "nippon" in formal speech, but still remains the same when written.
Nippon is Japan. The characters represent the words Sun and origins. The region was dominated by China and they referred to Japan as the land of the rising Sun, because from their shores, that was what the islands were.
The Japanese call Japan: Nippon. And in English Nippon is: Japan. But Nippon is the original word for Japan.