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Japan is an archipelagic country in East Asia, located in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Japan may also refer to:

Contents

• Places
• Lacquerware
• Literature
• Film
• Music
• Albums
• Songs
• Other uses
• See also

Places

• Empire of Japan, former political government of Japan (1868–1947)
• Japanese archipelago, referring to the geographic region of Japan
• Japan, Montenegro
• Japan, Missouri, an unincorporated community in the United States

Lacquerware

• Japanese lacquerware or japan, a broad category of fine and decorative arts
• Japan black or japan, a lacquer or varnish used on iron and steel
• Japanning, European imitation of Asian lacquerwork
• Pontypool japan, the process of japanning with the use of an oil varnish and heat

Literature

• Japan (1992 manga), a 1992 manga with art by Kentarou Miura
• Japan (1994 manga), a 1994 manga by Eiji Ōtsuka

Film

• Japan (2008 film), an independent film starring Shane Brolly and Peter Fonda
• Japan (1960 film), a short film; see List of Disney live-action shorts
• Japan (2023 film), an Indian film written and directed by Raju Murugan
• Japón , a 2002 film by Mexican director Carlos Reygadas

Music

• Japan (band), a British art rock band

Other uses

• TV Japan, a defunct Japanese-language North American television network
• NHK World Radio Japan, an international service of Japanese public broadcaster NHK
• Japan (horse) (born 2016), Thoroughbred racehorse
• Japan (fig), a common fig cultivar

See also

• Japanese (disambiguation)
• Japon (disambiguation)
• Nihon (disambiguation)
• Nippon (disambiguation)
• JPN (disambiguation)
• Jap (disambiguation)

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