Asian = Oriental, etc.

[David M. Robertson]

Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

> As I stated in a separate message, I am dubious of the purported original
> sense of "Nippon", and I think "Rising Sun" specifically and exactly as a
> term for Japan has become common in Japan only recently, probably as an
> import from the US. (There may have been a similar import from China much
> earlier, but I don't believe it could have gained wide currency in Japan.)
> Any Japanese scholar, please feel free to correct me.
>
> -- Doug Wilson

I'm no Japanese scholar, but I believe that Nihon, Nippon and Japan were all
derived from Chinese terms for "rising sun."

 Snake