In the past five thousand years of China, the culture is broad and profound, and the word "China" first appeared in the "He Zun" inscription on the bronzes excavated in Baoji, and the word "China" often appeared in books of the Warring States period. At that time, when the Chinese established their own state in the Yellow River Valley, they thought they were in the middle of the world, so they called it "China" and the rest of the area around them "Sifang" or "Barbarians".
The name of any country has a full name and abbreviation. The full name of the country can generally reflect the political system of the country, the full name of the United States is "United States of America", and many countries are actually abbreviations, so some people ask what is the full name of Japan? It turns out that the full name of Japan is "Japan Country". In short, it is one of the shortest national titles in the world.
The first name of Japan was given by Liu Xiu, emperor of the Han Dynasty. Japan in the 4th century AD was just a small slave country. At that time, the Han Dynasty was a relatively powerful country in Asia, with strong military strength and advanced technology. For its own development, Japan sent people to China many times to learn advanced culture and technology, and asked the Han Emperor Guangwu Emperor to give him a title to show Japan's submission. The emperor at that time saw that the Japanese envoys in front of him were short in stature and looked obscene, so he gave Japan the name of "Uighur Kingdom".
During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges were frequent. After learning what the word really meant in Chinese, Japan demanded a change in his name. Since Wu Zetian changed the name of the Tang Dynasty to "Wu Zhou", Japan has had more contact with the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian also gave "Japan". Japan gradually became stronger through the Meiji Restoration, and slowly embarked on the capitalist road, beginning to expand overseas. According to the naming method of the "British Empire", Japan calls itself the "Empire of Japan", which is similar to the British road. It fought everywhere, plundered land resources, and eventually became one of the Axis powers of World War II. Two years after Japan's unconditional surrender, the Constitution was amended and renamed "Empire of Japan" or "Japan" for short.