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Sea of Japan

Also known as East Sea

The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea of the western Pacific between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula and the Russian Far East. Its coasts formed the eastern edge of empires based in Manchuria, such as Balhae and the Liao, and its name is disputed by Korea, which calls it the East Sea.

Sea of Japan
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sea of Japan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sea-of-japan
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“Sea of Japan.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sea-of-japan. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Sea of Japan.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sea-of-japan.
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