<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Japanese text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of kanji and kana . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Japanese text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of kanji and kana . </Td> </Tr> <P> The word Japan is an exonym, and is used (in one form or another) by a large number of languages . The Japanese names for Japan are Nippon (にっぽん listen (help info)) and Nihon (にほん listen (help info)). They are both written in Japanese using the kanji 日本 . </P> <P> Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates, and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun . This nomenclature comes from Imperial correspondence with the Chinese Sui Dynasty and refers to Japan's eastern position relative to China . Before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known as Wa (倭) or Wakoku (倭国). Wa was a name early China used to refer to an ethnic group living in Japan around the time of the Three Kingdoms Period . </P>

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