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Zipangu
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Names of Japan.
Jipangu
The modern Shanghainese pronunciation of Japan is Zeppen. In modern Japanese, Cipangu is transliterated as チパング which in turn can be transliterated into English as Chipangu, Jipangu, Zipangu, Jipang, or Zipang. Jipangu (ジパング (Zipangu)) as an obfuscated name for Japan has recently come into vogue for Japanese films, anime, and video games.