English
Noun
en-noun
- One who loves Japan or Japanese culture.
- An advocate of Japanese thought or culture.
Quotations
1946 (2005), William Illsey Atkinson, Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small
:Call me a Nipponophile - a secret admirer of Japan, a worshiper from afar. 1
1997, Errol C. Friedberg, Correcting the Blueprint of Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms
:... postwar scientific meetings held in that country, Strauss had become something of a Nipponophile and had returned to Japan for a sabbatical in 1958. 2
2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants 2004
:The place was actually set up by ac eques Nipponophile Englishman, but the kitchen staff are all Japanese and its Far Eastern credentials bear scrutiny... 3
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