日本....
日本人たちはここの内包された意味をよく分からなければならない.
極東にあったと言って自らを卑下じて日本だと称する W
自らが世界の中心ではない, 辺方の存在というのを認める名称
出処: ウィキ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3APrince_Sh%C5%8Dtoku
This is supported by the following quote from a Chinese book: 倭国乃日本国也. 本名倭既恥其名. 又自以在極東因号日本也. 今則臣属高麗也 - 郭若虚.《図画見聞志》 巻6. 高麗国 (wa is a Japan. Japanese think wa is a shameful country name, so they called their country as nippon. Japan is a Vassal state of Korea. --Chinese book .《図画見聞志》
Googling for the qoute yields no results except this page and neither does googling for the name of the book (presumably 図画見聞志). There is no information on when the supposed book was written to support the claim that it describes the situation after the Ono no Imoko¥"s mission.
Arguing about who paid tribute to who in historical times is a favourite past time of Asian nationalists - the tone and style of English leads me to believe that this was added by a Korean nationalist eager to denigrate Japan¥"s past. When this article is cleaned up I think this part should be removed unless a reliable source (in a Western language) can be found.