Japan is an archipelagic country in East Asia, located in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Japan may also refer to:

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

Bands

  • Japan (band), a British new wave and art rock band

Albums

  • Japan (Japan album)
  • Japan (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi album), a 1991 album, see Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi discography

Songs

  • "Japan", a song by Be-Bop Deluxe, 1977
  • "Japan", a song by Abwärts, 1979
  • "Japan", a song by Landscape, 1979
  • "Japan", a song by Amanda Lear, 1980
  • "Japan", a song by Kenny G, 1985
  • "Japan", a song by Scarlett and Black, 1987
  • "Japan", a song by The Lonely Island, 2011
  • "Japan", a song by Rex Orange County from Bcos U Will Never B Free (2015)
  • "Japan", a song by Tired Lion from Dumb Days, 2017
  • "Japan" (Famous Dex song), 2018

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)