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  2. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In Korean, Japan is called Ilbon (Hangeul: 일본, Hanja: 日本), which is the Korean pronunciation of the Sino-Korean name, and in Sino-Vietnamese, Japan is called Nhật Bản (also rendered as Nhựt Bổn). In Mongolian, Japan is called Yapon (Япон). Ue-kok (倭國) is recorded for older Hokkien speakers. [37]

  3. Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has a population of nearly 124 million as of 2024, making it the eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight ...

  4. Wa (name of Japan) - Wikipedia

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    Top to bottom: 倭; wō in regular, clerical and small seal scripts Wa [a] is the oldest attested name of Japan [b] and ethnonym of the Japanese people.From c. the 2nd century AD Chinese and Korean scribes used the Chinese character 倭; 'submissive', 'distant', 'dwarf' to refer to the various inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago, although it might have been just used to transcribe the ...

  5. Japanophilia - Wikipedia

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    Japanophilia is a strong interest in Japanese culture, people, and history. [1] In Japanese, the term for Japanophile is "shinnichi" (親日), with "shin (親)" equivalent to the English prefix 'pro-' and "nichi (日)", meaning "Japan" (as in the word for Japan "Nippon/Nihon" (日本)). The term was first used as early as the 18th century ...

  6. Jap - Wikipedia

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    Jap-Fest is an annual Japanese car show in Ireland. [17] In 1970, the Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada opened the Jungle Jap boutique in Paris. [18] Neutral sign advertising "Jap Rice" in Singapore. In Singapore [19] and Hong Kong, [20] the term is used relatively frequently as a contraction of the adjective Japanese rather than as a ...

  7. Sea of Japan naming dispute - Wikipedia

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    Today, it is easy to find examples of the concurrent use of the name "East Sea" and "Sea of Japan" on maps and in textbooks and prominent news media's articles both online and offline. For example, National Geographic Map Policy states that the sea between Japan and Korea is called the Sea of Japan by the Japanese and the East Sea by Koreans.

  8. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    Holiday names are usually pretty straightforward. New Year's, Thanksgiving and — perhaps least creatively, the 4th of July — all have origins that are fairly easy to figure out.

  9. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    During this period, regional warlords called daimyō grew in power at the expense of the shōgun. Eventually, Japan descended into a period of civil war. Over the course of the late 16th century, Japan was reunified under the leadership of the prominent daimyō Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.