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
Rumson Country Day School Rumson Country Day School Founded in 1926, the Rumson Country Day School is a coeducational, nonsectarian independent day school located on a campus in Rumson, New Jersey, specializing in educating boys and girls from nursery (age three) through eighth grade. The Rumson Country Day School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. For the 1998-99 school year, The Rumson Country Day School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. As