sea japan naming dispute international body water bordered japan north_korea russia south_korea disputed objections sea japan raised north_korea south_korea sixth united nations conference geographical names japanese government supports use sea japan south_korea supports north_korea supports korea currently international maps documents use sea japan equivalent translation include sea japan listed marked secondary international governing body naming bodies water world decided change current single sea japan rejecting south_korea request use sea japan involved countries especially japan south_korea advanced variety arguments support preferred arguments revolve determining sea japan common south_korea argues historically common sea korea similar variant south_korea argues sea japan common korea japanese rule time ability influence international affairs japan argues sea japan common international beginning 19th century long annexation korea sides conducted studies antiquarian maps countries produced research results additional arguments raised underlying geography sea potential problems ambiguity arguments sides dispute forward number arguments support claims arguments based historical maps arguments south_korea according literally korea years including history kingdoms monument map provinces korea documented map area world map drawn italian missionary china named japanese record published century indicated body water furthermore south_korea pointed 19th century japanese maps referred sea literally sea including simplified map japan periphery new world map south_korea argues standard prior japan military expansion region late 19th early 20th centuries additionally specifically states sea japan widely japan late mid 19th century south_korea argues current reflects active promotion japan time korea represent interests internationally arguments japan japanese government claims sea japan internationally 17th century established early 19th century period japan policy restricted cultural exchange commerce foreign countries china netherlands accordingly state japan time influence international community naming sea invention marine late 18th century enabled western explorers france britain russia measure time sea precisely map detailed shape admiral explorer led russian globe according japanese records popularized sea japan west work die den wrote people sea area small sea touches korean coast better original book published german russian translated dutch french swedish italian english distributed widely europe result international sea changed maps drawn countries japan korea 17th 20th centuries japanese argues south history surveys antiquarian maps provide evidence date came internationally south_korea japan undertaken surveys historical maps south_korea surveyed ancient maps archived east asian map collection examined maps found maps sea japan terms french language word includes meaning eastern related compass direction meaning oriental region ambiguity present russian language eastern oriental indicated word japan conducted number surveys different collections published conclusions found maps berlin library combination thereof sea japan exclusively names term term said struck collection collection antiquarian maps owned european map collector showed maps unmarked reported russian libraries document archives holding maps said maps ones gave body water showed percent percent percent terms similarly said maps university_of_cambridge showed percent percent terms said looked maps french national library reported percent french maps sea japan november published report survey ancient maps according report maps water currently called sea japan maps water currently called number maps sea japan disclosed furthermore report says late 18th century sea japan emerged 19th century onward rapid increase use sea japan japan stated clearly shows assertion sea japan result japanese policy colonial rule interpreted sea japan widespread use japan colonial rule geographical arguments japan argues sea japan marginal sea separated pacific_ocean japanese archipelago korea argues east describes geographical position east asian continent west japan south russia states analogous north_sea lies north european continent west scandinavian countries east great_britain sea east south west arguments relating ambiguity japanese claimed confusing unsuitable international geographic local variety seas translated english examples include chinese vietnamese baltic_sea means european languages german swedish finnish officially english water government vietnam government vietnam uses english publications uses english publications addition pacific_ocean japanese context regions east coast japan named accordingly region region japanese government concerned change set bad precedent cause naming disputes worldwide position international bodies main international organizations involved naming dispute united_nations organization coordinates member countries issues organization functions help set international standards naming nautical regions organization called published special publication established sea sea japan time korea participate japanese rule south_korea officially joined released technical resolution resolution stated recommended countries share given geographical feature bay channel archipelago different names endeavor reach agreement single feature concerned different official languages agree common form recommended forms languages question accepted charts publications technical reasons prevent practice small scale charts south_korea argued resolution relevant debate implies names japan argues resolution apply specify body water applies geographical features sovereignty shared countries agreed conduct survey available evidence previously south_korea pushing recommend term announced preferred gradual approach names eventually dropping april announced decided use sea japan governing publication limits oceans seas rejected alternative use proposed south_korea according south korean government organization discuss issue united_nations united_nations directly addressed issue establishing official standardized sea resolutions statements relevance topic japan joined united_nations south north_korea joined conference geographical names adopted resolution iii entitled names features single sovereignty resolution recommended countries sharing given geographical feature agree common general rule countries concerned accepted policy accepting names excluding rest inconsistent practice south_korea japan disagree policy applies sixth south korean government time participating requested sea determined consultation north korean representative concurred japanese representative stated accepted worldwide change introduce confusion conference recommended parties work issue outside conference south_korea raised issue seventh japan opposed method south korean government proposed issue arguing followed proper procedure following debate south_korea withdrew issue instead recommended work resolution submitted eighth conference president conference urged japan south_korea north_korea work mutually acceptable agreement eighth south_korea japan presented number papers conference positions naming issue south_korea asked resolution japan asked decided resolution outside conference resolution passed committee urged countries develop mutually solution chairman noted occur consensus reached situation occurred ninth conference south_korea north_korea proposed resolution japan expressed desire settle matter outside conference committee urged members seek mutual agreement april united_nations affirmed written document japanese government continue sea japan official documents agreed leave topic open discussion letter south_korea explained determining validity wished use term widely parties resolved disagreement letter stated use based practice prejudice negotiations agreements interested parties interpreted advocating endorsing party position way invoked party support particular position matter august representatives addressed assembly asking names sea japan concurrently sea chairman conference responded organization authority decide issue requested involved countries resolve differences countries russia calls sea japan believes russia played major role establishing internationally mentioned chinese government websites exclusively use issued nautical maps included terms sea japan reverted sea japan single map issued united_kingdom germany officially use continues advocate use qualification government publications published follows guidance august spokesman stated geographic names considered official sea sea japan according officially recommended sea japan remain official sea response failure south korean campaign south korean foreign minister suggested advocating historical names virginia state acting behalf korean american voters introduced bill education panel senate virginia required public school textbooks include sea japan names panel rejected bill vote january issue revisited years later february passing legislation use sea japan school textbooks june assistant secretary state east asian pacific affairs affirmed position response published white_house website people petition concerning usage sea japan stated longstanding united_states policy refer sea ocean single policy applies seas including bordered multiple countries names bodies water concerning body water japanese archipelago korean peninsula longstanding policy refer stated aware refers body water united_states asking change nomenclature usage way implies opinion issue related sovereignty compromise names november summit south korean president informally proposed japanese prime minister sea called instead sea peace sea friendship rejected january japanese chief cabinet secretary opposed idea saying need change response media publishers number maps publications switched names example states disputed place names international waters jointly controlled countries use conventional names following policy sea states internationally accepted korea prefers scale permits geographic maps alternative google names near korean coast near japanese coast edition primary article called sea japan secondary article called notes japan sea encyclopedia map japan asia maps appears primary label appears secondary label map korea appears primary label sea japan appears secondary label examples publishers use similar systems include french encyclopedia publisher replaced sea japan est sea japan maps south_korea north_korea books maps asia china japan russia continue use furthermore article mention
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