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Land of the Rising Sun

American  

noun

  1. Japan.


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What better test for false dawns than the Land of the Rising Sun?

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

Among Griffis’ many memorable revelations about the Land of the Rising Sun is a proverb about the perils of revenge: “If you call down a curse on anyone, look out for two graves.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2023

In any case, the color is meant to symbolize the orange hue of the sun when it reaches its highest point in the sky — Japan, after all, is the Land of the Rising Sun.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2019

The Land of the Rising Sun has an important ascendant role to play in world affairs.

From Newsweek • Feb. 18, 2015

The disciple of Loyola, and this child of the Land of the Rising Sun met.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot