The consonant clusters in this word could not be pronounced in Old Japanese, and it became Nip-pon-koku or *Ni-pon-koku. The Modern Japanese names for Japan, Nippon and Nihon, come from the Old Japanese forms, minus the element meaning "country." Interestingly, the Chinese took to ...
Japan's principal religions are Shinto and Buddhism; most Japanese practice both faiths. While the development of Shinto was radically altered by the influence of Buddhism, which was brought from China in the 6th cent., Jodo, Shingon, Nichiren, and other Japanese varieties of Buddhism also deve...
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Hondo,Honshu- the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland Nihon,Nippon,Japan- a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ...
However, as a long-term foreign resident in Japan, I have been frustrated time and again by Japanese service, and now find it hard to believe that Japan will ever be a world-leading customer service nation. Don’t get me wrong; Japanese customer service is good, and more than anything,...
Today, the Japanese government will announce the era name that will be used for the new Emperor's reign that begins on May 1, as the current Emperor Akihito abdicates in favour of his son Crown Prince Naruhito. In 1989, Emperor Akihito took the throne. The name given for the era under ...
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Generally, however, Japan’s strong domestic market has reduced the country’s dependence on trade in terms of the proportion trade contributes to the GDP when compared with that of many other countries. Background The Japanese economy lay utterly devastated at the end of World War II (1945)....
Today 06:00 am JST 0 Comments Over half of Japan's sporting bodies have taken measures against nonconsensual capturing and sharing of sexualized images of athletes, a Japan Sports Agency survey has revealed. Wednesday marked four years since the Japanese Olympic Committee and seven other sportin...