2006-10-22 00:40:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It didn't! It's still Nippon here!
2006-10-22 00:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto. It's still Nippon or Nihon here. If I remember correctly, though, Marco Polo called it Jipang.
2006-10-22 00:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by crispy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Nippon change to Nippon from Japan. Japanese call it Nippon or maybe Nihon (Ni-Ho-N) ==[Ho + maru= po] ; [Ni - little tsu - ho + maru - N] ,,, Indonesian call it Jepang, And some other call it Japan.
2006-10-22 02:14:39 · answer #3 · answered by Rc'Brummies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it didn't. the Japanese refer to their country as Nippon
2006-10-22 05:06:26 · answer #4 · answered by Lynn Rosemary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't. "Nippon" is the name the Japanese call their own country (just like Germans calling their country "Deutschland" and the Dutch calling theirs "Nederland").
2006-10-22 00:48:01 · answer #5 · answered by alchemist0750 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it was translated to English.
2006-10-22 01:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by Sue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋