How To Pronounce Japan

In British English, Japan is pronounced /dʒəˈpæn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [dʒəˈpʰæ̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /dʒəˈpæn/.

Japan has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.