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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (6 children)

What till y'all find out they label Nihon as "Japan".

Google's doing what they always do, following official government naming conventions. If, and when, the US officially changes the name, they will follow suit.

Personally, I'd rather they get their back up and say "no", but at least they're being internally consistent.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait.....are you saying if I go to Japan, and learn the language, they'll refer to it as Nihon, and think I'm a stupid American for saying Japan instead?

[–] earthman@my-place.social 2 points 1 day ago

@Lost_My_Mind @shalafi English speaking Japanese call it Japan whole speaking English. Things have different names in different languages.

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