Q. Why Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ ?
Answer: Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has the earliest sunrise
Notes: Japan is an archipelago, or a group of islands, about 100 miles east of the Asian main land in the Far East. Being the easternmost country in the world. When earth rotates, Japan first receives the first rays of the sun. Then the others get the rays if the sun. That’s why Japan is called the land of the rising sun.

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