Land of the Ascendant Sun
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Alternative form of Land of the Rising Sun
- 1992 February 2, S.H. Chua, “Cars, Guns and Go-Go Chicks”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 7:
- In these grim days when Japan is increasingly being portrayed as the new "evil empire," it is nice to see this playful, aesthetic side of the Land of the Ascendant Sun.
- 1995 November 27, Ronald Henkoff, “New Management Secrets From Japan”, in Fortune[1]:
- Westerners who once viewed the land of the ascendant sun as a mecca for management ideas now dismiss the country as an economic basket case.