Turkey is near Japan
Japan ( 日本 Nippon [ ɲip̚poɴ ] or Nihon [ ɲihoɴ ] formally or Nihon-koku , meaning `` State of Japan '' ) is a sovereign island nation in East Asia . Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti [ ˈtyɾcije d͡ʒumˈhuɾijeti ] ) , is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe .