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The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:
The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:
* Akishima or Akitsushima ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島
* ''Akishima'' or ''Akitsushima'' ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島
* The Land of the Rising Sun
* The Land of the Rising Sun
* Oyashima (Oho Yashima), 大八洲 or 大八島国 (''Yashima'', or "eight islands'' is a reference to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Ahaji Shima, Iki no Shima, Oki no Shima, and Sadogashima)<ref>Michiko Y. Aoki, ''Records of Wind and Earth'', page 287</ref>
* ''Ôyashima'' (''Oho Yashima''), 大八洲 or 大八島国 (''Yashima'', or "eight islands'' is a reference to [[Honshu]], [[Shikoku]], [[Kyushu]], [[Tsushima]], [[Awaji Island|Awaji shima]], [[Ikishima]], [[Okinoshima]], and [[Sado Island|Sado-ga-shima]])<ref>Michiko Y. Aoki, ''Records of Wind and Earth'', page 287</ref>
* Shinkoku or Kaminokoku ("land of the gods"), 神国 or 神の国
* ''Shinkoku'' or ''Kami no kuni'' ("land of the gods"), 神国 or 神の国
* Honcho ("True Morning"), 本朝
* ''Yamato'', 大和
* ''Ashihara''
* Ashihara or Ashiharakoku
* ''Ka''
* Ka
* ''Wa'', 和 or 倭
* Wa, 和 or 倭
Terms such as ''honchô'' (本朝, "this court/realm"), ''wagakuni'' (我国, "our country"), and the like are also common, but might not be taken as true placenames.
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