Nippon

Nippon (Hiragana: にっぽん) is a reading of kanji 日本 that refer to Japan, more formal though rarer than Nihon (にほん), an alternative reading.

Nippon can also refer to:

Company names

All of the following companies are based in Japan.

• Nikon (formerly Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha)
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
• Nippon Television
• Nippon Broadcasting System
• Radio Nippon
• Nishi-Nippon Railroad
• Nippon Ichi Software
• Nippon Sharyo
• All Nippon Airways
• Air Nippon
• Nippon Animation
• Nippon Express
• Nippon Kodo
• Nippon Electric Company
• West Nippon Expressway Company
• Nippon Denso
• Nikon (Nippon Kōgaku)
• Nippon Steel Corporation
• Nippon Paint
• Nissan Motors (formerly Nippon Sangyo)

Miscellaneous

• All Night Nippon, a program on NBS
• Nippon Jamboree, a Scouting event
• Nippon Soul, a live album by the jazz musician Cannonball Adderley
• Nippon Kempo, a martial art
• Nippon Camera, a magazine
• Formula Nippon, a type of formula racing
• Nippon (Warhammer) is a location in the World of Warhammer, fantasy role-playing game
• "Nippon Clip-on" nickname for the Japanese addition to widen the Auckland Harbour Bridge
• Nippon Budokan, an arena in central Tokyo
• Vogue Nippon, the name of the Japanese version of Vogue