When did Japan become a country?

Answer 1

Nippon is simply a way to say Japan in Japanese.

It is also called Nihon.

*In much the same way, the United States is not called the United States in other languages (for instance we are the Estados Unidos in Spanish).

Answer 2

Japan is not a state, it is a country made up of political units.

Answer 3

Around 1600, the various kingdoms and fiefdoms of Samurai Japan were first unified under Tokugawa after the Battle of Sekigahara.

Answer 4

800,000 years

Answer 5

in 2006