Land of the Ascendant Sun

English

Proper noun

Land of the Ascendant Sun

  1. Alternative form of Land of the Rising Sun.
    • 1992 February 2, S.H. Chua, “Cars, Guns and Go-Go Chicks”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 7:
      In these grim days when Japan is increasingly being portrayed as the new "evil empire," it is nice to see this playful, aesthetic side of the Land of the Ascendant Sun.
    • 1995 November 27, Ronald Henkoff, “New Management Secrets From Japan”, in Fortune‎[1]:
      Westerners who once viewed the land of the ascendant sun as a mecca for management ideas now dismiss the country as an economic basket case.
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