The country is in the east and that is the direction from which the sun rises
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Japan is called "the land of the rising sun."The Japanese word for Japan is Nihon / Nippon. The written characters, originally from Chinese, mean "sun-origin" and referred to Japan's location east of mainland Asia, in the direction of the rising sun.Japan
traditionally japan is called Nihon. Its still called that now. Japan is also known as the land of the rising sun.
Japan is known as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'
Japan is called The Land of the Rising Sun. The pictographs for the word Nihon/Nippon (meaning sun-origin) are originally from Chinese, where they referred to Japan's location, east of mainland China.
No, Japan is the land of the rising sun
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japan means land of the rising sun and this is shown on their flag which is which is white to represent the land with a red circle in the middle to reprresent the rising sun
Japan is called Land of the Rising Sun because it is on the east side of International Date Line.
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Japan is known as "The Land of the Rising Sun"