A version of the sign for "Japan / Japanese"
A version of the sign for "Japan / Japanese"
JAPAN/JAPANESE-[older version, not recommended]
For a relatively extensive discussion regarding how to sign Japan
you may wish to consider joining the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group
so you can view this discussion:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/posts/3677513972347770
For those of you who don't care to involve yourself with a FB
group -- the result of the discussion ended up being that even
different skilled JSL signers used slight variations on the sign for
Japan.
Source: Nami Akiyama, a Deaf Japanese educator
Notice that she is slightly mouthing "Nihon" while doing the sign
for Japan.
Source:
YouTube Channel "DeafJapan TV" (Danny Gong, a CODA)
Basic Japanese Sign Language 001
https://youtu.be/XEmgLOzt4Vo
Notes: