It is not.
Japan is "the Land of the Rising Sun" and Norway is "the Land of the Midnight Sun." Areas in Norway are far enough north that, during the summer, the Sun is still in the sky late into the night. Places north of the Arctic Circle can have one or more days with no night at all (24 hours of daylight).
Northern Norway is often called the land of the midnight sun. This is because of its location.
Alaska (AK) is sometimes called "Land of the Midnight Sun" or "The Last Frontier". Finland and Norway are also commonly called the Land of the Midnight Sun,
Japan
Japan is often referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun." This nickname comes from the Japanese word "Nihon" or "Nippon," which means "origin of the sun." The country is also known as the Land of the Rising Sun due to its location to the east of Asia, where the sun appears to rise first.
The Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden and Finland) are each called The Land of the Midnight Sun. Technically the territory above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic Circle are the lands of the midnight sun but they aren't countries.
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.
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
The country is in the east and that is the direction from which the sun rises
Japan is known to be called the "Land of the Rising Sun." This is because it is an eastern country. It is a known fact that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Japan, the island country known as the Land of the Rising Sun, is considered part of Asia.
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Japan is the Land of the Rising Sun.