Topic summary
Japan Sea
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Sea of Japan.
Names
Sea of Japan is the dominant term used in English for the sea. The sea is called Nihon kai (日本海, transl. Japan Sea) in Japan, Rìběn hǎi (日本海, transl. Japan Sea) or originally Jīng hǎi (鲸海, transl. Whale Sea) in China, Yaponskoye more (Японское море, transl. Japanese Sea) in Russia, Chosŏn Tonghae (조선동해, transl. Korean East Sea) in North Korea, and Donghae (동해, transl. East Sea) in South Korea.