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Historians say the Japanese called their country Yamato in its early history, and they began using Nippon around the seventh century. Nippon and Nihon are used interchangeably as the country's name.
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Read More »TOKYO (AP) _ In Japanese this country is called Nippon or sometimes Nihon, and therein lies a seed of debate. ″Why is our country called Japan? Its ‘official’ name is Nippon,″ Kazuo Sato wrote in a letter published in September by the Asahi Shimbun, provoking a minor flood of other readers’ letters. The 26-year-old student from Tokyo argued that Japan should ″unanimously use Nippon″ as its own name on the international level - on athletes’ uniforms when they compete abroad, for instance. One of the editors of Asahi’s letters section thought the flurry of response and comment was slightly alarming - a possible sign of nationalistic feelings at a time when Emperor Hirohito was gravely ill. ″It is a bit scary that people are interested in such a issue especially under the current situation, when the emperor’s illness has been affecting the country,″ he said, asking that he not be named. But the editor thought it was good for the letters columns to be used to debate the issue. ″I guess it would be easier if we could choose one (name), but we cannot decide which should be legitimate,″ he said. Not everybody is sensitive about the country’s name, or worried that Japan is getting nationalistic. A foreign relations specialist and conservative writer, Hideaki Kase, said, ″I think it’s fine to have a few different names. There seems to be no problem using either Japan or Nippon. ... It has nothing to do with nationalism.″ A Foreign Ministry official said there are no rules on how to name countries in other languages, and he noted that Japan is spelled Japon in Spanish and pronounced like ″hapon.″ But what should Japanese athletes wear on their uniforms for international competition? No one but the Chinese would be able to recognize Japan’s name written in the Chinese characters, which Japan borrowed to make a writing system centuries ago, so it has to be written in the Roman alphabet, called romaji in Japanese. Kayoko Yamamoto, a spokesman for the Japan Amateur Sports Association, said the organization provides uniforms emblazoned ″Japan″ for international athletic events. ″For major international events, we use Japan as the country’s official name, because English is the most common language,″ she said.
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