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