Ok, for those who don't know:
1. Hinomoto is the name of Japan prior to the modern era. Japan as we know it today is called Nihon / Nippon.
2. Kyo is referring to Kyoto. It's the ancient capital of Japan, prior to the rise of the Tokugawa. After Tokugawa took over, they constructed Edo and chose it as the new capital. To prevent confusion, some time later, they changed the name of Edo to Tokyo (Imperial Capital), while Kyo is changed to Kyoto (Old Capital).
3. Also, the reason why the people of Japan supposedly hated their own Self-Defense Force, is mostly due to the whole mess caused by the predecessor of the SDF, the Japanese Imperial Armed Forces, back in World War 2.