Nippon (disambiguation)

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Nippon (Hiragana: にっぽん) is a reading of kanji 日本 that refers to Japan. Nippon is more formal and rarer than Nihon (にほん), an alternative reading. For more information see Names of Japan.

Nippon can also refer to:

Company names

All of the following companies are based in Japan.

• Nikon (formerly Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha)
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
• Nippon Television
• Nippon Broadcasting System
• Nippon Chemi-Con
• Radio Nippon
• Nishi-Nippon Railroad
• Nippon Ichi Software
• Nippon Sharyo
• All Nippon Airways
• Air Nippon
• Nippon Animation
• Nippon Express
• Nippon Kodo
• NEC, called the Nippon Electric Company before 1983
• West Nippon Expressway Company
• Nippon Denso
• Nippon Steel Corporation
• Nippon Paint
• Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd., porcelain (fine china) maker
• Nissan Motors (formerly Nippon Sangyo)

Miscellaneous

• "Nippon" (song), a 2014 single by Ringo Sheena
• All Night Nippon, a program on NBS
• Nippon Jamboree, a Scouting event
• Nippon Soul, a live album by the jazz musician Cannonball Adderley
• Nippon Kempo, a martial art
• Nippon Camera, a magazine
• Formula Nippon, a type of formula racing
• Nippon (Warhammer) is a location in the World of Warhammer, fantasy role-playing game
• "Nippon Clip-on" nickname for the Japanese addition to widen the Auckland Harbour Bridge
• Nippon Budokan, an arena in central Tokyo
• Vogue Nippon, the name of the Japanese version of Vogue
• "Nippon" (boardgame), published by What's Your Game? in 2016.
• Nippon Professional Baseball, the pro baseball league in Japan