Why is there a region in Japan called China?

Japan's "China" refers to the "central region" of Japan. In Historical Records and Records of Japan, which describe ancient Japanese myths and the royal family, the Izumo area is called Weiyuan China, or Kim Jong Kook and China for short, which is the source of local appellations in China.

The earliest recorded document should be Taiping Ji in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which wrote: In early winter, Ashikaga was ordered to explore topics in Nagato, and later ruled Zhou Fang, an yun, Beihou, Beizhong, Shanyin Road and other countries, so it was later called "exploring topics in China".

Later, there were two emperors in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in Japan, each with its own inheritance. At this time, it is recorded in Taiping Ji that Yang Shan Road and Yin Shan Road were collectively called "China" by the Southern Dynasties regime.

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With the emergence of the Republic of China, the Japanese word "China" can also be written and pronounced to represent the neighboring Republic of China. In Japanese society before World War II, non-Japanese regions usually pronounced local appellations or translated the appellations of European and American countries into Japanese transliteration, so Chinese mainland was called "zhina", that is, the transliteration of China's English country name "China".

In Japan, the word "China" can also be equated with "Chinese mainland", but in modern times, with more Japanese traveling and working in Chinese mainland, the word "China" almost completely replaced China and referred to People's Republic of China (PRC). In order to show the difference between the two "China", Yangshan Yinshan area is often used as the name of Japanese China.

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