Role of Japan in WWII (contd-1)

(Egyptian hieroglyphs, which have their origins as logograms.)
Logographic systems, or logographies, include the earliest true writing systems; the first historical civilizations of the Near East, Africa, China, and Central America used some form of logographic writing.

 Hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな^?) is a Japanesesyllabary, one basic component of theJapanese writing system, along withkatakana, kanji,

 The kanji that make up Japan's name mean "sun origin", and Japan is often called the "Land of the Rising Sun".