Nipponophile

plural Nipponophiles

1. One who loves Japan or Japanese culture.

   CALL ME A NIPPONOPHILE—a secret admirer of Japan, a worshiper from afar.

   2003, William Illsey Atkinson, Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small, Amacom, →ISBN, page 213

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   […] Strauss had become something of a Nipponophile and had returned to Japan for a sabbatical in 1958.

   1997, Errol C. Friedberg, Correcting the Blueprint of Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, →ISBN, page 114

   The place was actually set up by a Nipponophile Englishman, but the kitchen staff are all Japanese and its Far Eastern credentials bear scrutiny.

   2003 October, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants: 2004, 6th edition, Penguin Putnam, →ISBN, page 29

   Synonyms: Japanophile · Antonyms: Nipponophobe, Japanophobe

2. An advocate of Japanese thought or culture.