Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago -- (a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean)
Japan, Nippon, Nihon -- (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
japan -- (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)
japan -- (lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient)