Names of Japan of the islands and the possibility to access precious ores without resorting to (unavailable) deep-mining technologies. The Dutch name, Japan, may be derived from the southern Chinese pronunciation of , "Yatbun" or "Yatpun". The Dutch "J" is generally pronounced "Y", hence Ja-Pan. The modern Shanghainese pronunciation of Japan is "Zeppen" . In modern Japanese, "Cipangu" is transliterated as which in turn can be transliterated into English as "Chipangu", "Jipangu", "Zipangu", "Jipang", or "Zipang". "Jipangu" ( ("Zipangu")) as an obfuscated name for Japan has recently come into vogue for Japanese films, anime, video games, etc. These names were invented after the
Clear as Day Clear as Day Clear as Day is the debut studio album by season ten "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery. The album was released on October 4, 2011 in the United States. "Clear as Day" also became the first debut album from an "American Idol" winner to reach number one on the US "Billboard" 200 since Ruben Studdard's "Soulful" in 2003, selling 197,000 copies in its first week. McCreery broke records as the first country act to debut at number one with their first studio album, and at 18 years old, the youngest man to open at the top of the