land of the rising sun

Questions

What does land of the rising sun mean?

Japan (a country in Asia).

Where does land of the rising sun come from?

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”). Japan is the easternmost country of East Asia, and the East is the place of the sunrise.

How to pronounce land of the rising sun

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