Why is Japan called "the land of the rising sun"?

Do you know why Japan is called the land of the rising sun in many languages around the world? Here is the video explaining how Japan got to called the land of the rising sun. Japan has various nick names.
To read the text version of this video, click the link below.
www.jluggage.com/blog/japan/w...

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nice vid . i like it!

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nice vid

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sun gives light to darkness

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The sun is rising in 1942🗿🍷

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sun rise high

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And why Nihon called Japan?

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In Kanji
Nihon is 日本
日　is sun/day
本　is from/book

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Russia is far more extended towards the east than Japan....so land of the rising sun is russia not japan😂