The characters for Japan literally mean sun and origin. And has been in use since the 8th century. So the Mercator projection has nothing to do with that. The origin of “land of the rising sun” is because Japan is East of China and the sun rises in the east.
The characters for Japan literally mean sun and origin. And has been in use since the 8th century. So the Mercator projection has nothing to do with that. The origin of “land of the rising sun” is because Japan is East of China and the sun rises in the east.