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Nippon

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Nippon (nĭp`ŏn, nĭpŏn`), name for Japan, derived from Dai Nippon, meaning Great Japan. The expression comes from the Chinese ideograph for the place where the sun comes from, or Land of the Rising Sun. The term Nipponism has come to imply an extreme Japanese nationalism.


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Tokyo, Japan, Dec 18, 2006 - (JCN) - Nippon Shinyaku Co.
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 28, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Nippon Polytech Corporation (NPC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko K.
With so many Japanese companies being restructured, Nippon has its hands full moving personal belongings of Japanese workers to and from Japan, Ishimoto said.
 
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