where did the name japan get its name from?
It is based on Chinese pronunciation.
Japan
The name "Japan" is based on the Chinese pronunciation and was introduced to European languages through early trade.
when was the japanese battleship mutsu built? At the end of World War I. which navy did it serve? Imperial Japanese Navy. when was the navy created? In 1868. are they still active? No it was dissolved after Japan's surrender in World War II. was the navy serving an empire? Yes, the Empire of Japan. was there any particular type of democracy in the empire? It is a constitutional monarchy. when did it become a democracy? After 1889. what name did the state take after becoming a democracy? Japan.
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Japan [SEP] Etymology
The name "Japan" is based on the Chinese pronunciation and was introduced to European languages through early trade. In the 13th century, Marco Polo recorded the early Mandarin or Wu Chinese pronunciation of the characters as "Cipangu". The old Malay name for Japan, "Japang" or "Japun", was borrowed from a southern coastal Chinese dialect and encountered by Portuguese traders in Southeast Asia, who brought the word to Europe in the early 16th century. The first version of the name in English appears in a book published in 1577, which spelled the name as "Giapan" in a translation of a 1565 Portuguese letter.