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31Japan — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation) …
32Japan — 日本国 Nihon koku/Nippon koku Japan …
33Japan — Land der aufgehenden Sonne (umgangssprachlich); Nippon * * * Ja|pan; s: Inselstaat in Ostasien. * * * Japan, Kurzinformation: Fläche: 377 855 km2 Einwohner: (2000) 126,9 Mio …
34Japan — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Japan <p></p> Background: <p></p> In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate (a military led, dynastic government) ushered in a long period of… …
35Japan — The growth of Christianity in Japan was stymied by the country s isolationist policies following the arrival of Catholicism in the 16th century. That isolation ended in 1854, when the United States forced an opening of the country to foreign… …
36Japan — Although allied with Nazi Germany during World War II, the Japanese did not share their Axis partner’s solution to the Jewish question. The government, however, was influenced by Nazi propaganda and “specialists” on Jewish affairs, who wrote… …
37Japan. — Japanese. * * * ja|pan «juh PAN», noun, verb, panned, pan|ning. –n. 1. a hard, glossy varnish. Black japan is used on wood or metal. 2. articles varnished and ornamented in the Japanese manner. 3. a liquid used to make paint dry faster. –v.t. to… …
38Japan — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Japan est le nom anglais du Japon. Il peut aussi désigner : Japan, un groupe de musique new wave ; JAPAN, un manga one shot ; Japan, un… …
39Japan — Currently a democratic nation state with a constitutional monarchy and a common language, Japanese. It comprises about 3,000 islands bordering the East Asian mainland, close to Korea. The southern (Ryukyu) islands reach almost to Taiwan and… …
40japan — [17] The hard laquer varnish called japan received its name, of course, because it came from Japan. But where did the name Japan come from? For the Japanese call their country Nippon. The answer is Chinese, where jih pun means literally ‘sunrise’ …
