Japan (disambiguation)

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

• Japan (band), a British art rock band

Albums

• Japan (Japan album)
• JPN (album), a 2011 album by girl group Perfume
• 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)