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- Names of Japan
Overview of names for the Asian island state
The word Japan is an exonym, and is used (in one form or another) by many languages. The Japanese names for Japan are and . They are both written in Japanese using the kanji '. During the third-century CE Three Kingdoms period, Japan was inhabited by the Yayoi people who lived in Kyushu up to the Kanto region. They were called Wa in Chinese, and the kanji for their name can be translated as "dwarf... Wikipedia
