1) Country in Asia 2) Japan 3) Nippon 1) Nippon 
Japan
(or Nippon) Japanese term for Japan, based on the two Chinese ideographs ( riben in pinyin romanization), meaning source of the sun. The official pronunciation, as designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, is Nippon (or in full, Nippon Koku--Nippon country). The common pronunciation in everyday usage, howeve...