Nippon (disambiguation)

Nippon (Hiragana: にっぽん) is a reading of kanji 日本 that refers to Japan. Nippon is more formal and rarer than Nihon (にほん), an alternative reading. For more information see Names of Japan.

Nippon may also refer to:

Companies

Manufacturing companies

• NEC, called the Nippon Electric Company before 1983
• Nikon (formerly Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha), a camera manufacturer
• Nippon Chemi-Con, an electronics component manufacturer
• Nippon Denso, an automotive components manufacturer
• Nippon Kodo, a manufacturer of incense
• Nippon Paint, a paint manufacturer
• Nippon Paper Industries, a paper manufacturer
• Nippon Sharyo, a rolling stock manufacturer
• Nippon Steel Corporation
• Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd., a porcelain (fine china) maker
• Nissan Motors (formerly Nippon Sangyo)

Media companies

• Nippon Animation
• Nippon Broadcasting System
• Nippon Television
• Radio Nippon

Transportation companies

• Air Nippon
• All Nippon Airways
• Nishi-Nippon Railroad
• West Nippon Expressway Company, an operator of expressways and toll roads

Other industries

• Nippon Express, a logistics services company
• Nippon Ichi Software
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Media

• All Night Nippon, a program on NBS
• "Nippon" (song), a 2014 single by Ringo Sheena
• Nippon Soul, a live album by the jazz musician Cannonball Adderley
• Nippon (Warhammer), a location in the World of Warhammer, fantasy role-playing game
• Vogue Nippon, the name of the Japanese version of Vogue

Other uses

• Formula Nippon, a type of formula racing
• Nippon Budokan, an arena in central Tokyo
• Nippon Camera, a magazine
• "Nippon Clip-on", a nickname for the Japanese project to widen the Auckland Harbour Bridge
• Nippon Kempo, a martial art
• Nippon Jamboree, a Scouting event
• Nippon Professional Baseball, a professional baseball league in Japan