Thread:NegativeSymptom/@comment-31090299-20180827143704/@comment-32510639-20180827151248

Little history class, the word Japan comes from China(Jippon), not Japan. Nippon is the right term and is the traditional pronuciation, Nihon is the modern one.

The word Jippon was teach by the Chinese people to the Portuguese, that were the only foreign country allow in Japan during the middle ages, so Jippon was change to Japan by the Portuguese who will later popularize the term in Europe.

If you ever go to Japan(a very beutiful and history rich country) you will see the call it Nippon and call theirself nipponjin.

Is like coming to Mexico, no one will call himself mexican, we will call ourself mexicano.