land of riseing sun
In Japanese, Nippon means "Land of the Rising Sun."
Japan Optical Company
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.
Japan is known as Nippon in Japanese.
Nippon is now called Japan.
Sports Nippon was created in 1948.
Nippon Columbia was created in 1910.
Nippon Paint was created in 1881.
Nippon Soul was created in 1963.
Nippon Kodo was created in 1965.