the Land of the Rising Sun

== English == === Etymology === Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”) or 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”). === Proper noun === the Land of the Rising Sun (periphrasis) Japan (a country in Asia). ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Rising Sun