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Land of the Ascendant Sun en · PROPN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Land of the Rising Sun.
Westerners who once viewed the land of the ascendant sun as a mecca for management ideas now dismiss the country as an economic basket case.
1995 November 27, Ronald Henkoff, “New Management Secrets From Japan”, in Fortune:In these grim days when Japan is increasingly being portrayed as the new "evil empire," it is nice to see this playful, aesthetic side of the Land of the Ascendant Sun.
1992 February 2, S.H. Chua, “Cars, Guns and Go-Go Chicks”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 7: