411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Land of the Ascendant Sun
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Proper noun
Land of the Ascendant Sun
en Land of the Rising Sun.
en 2 Feb 92 19 28 Gay Community News 7 S.H. Chua Cars, Guns and Go-Go Chicks 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.
en Fortune 27 Nov 95 Ronald Henkoff New Management Secrets From Japan https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/27/208020/ 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.