Japan

geographical name

Ja·​pan jə-ˈpan 

ja-

variants or Japanese Nippon

ni-ˈpän 

nē-ˈpȯⁿ

or Nihon

nē-ˈhȯn 

country in eastern Asia comprising Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and other islands in the western Pacific; a constitutional monarchy; capital Tokyo area 145,914 square miles (377,915 square kilometers), population 126,168,000

see also:

japanese