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[[Image:Japan map.gif|right]]
 
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The '''Sea of Japan''' is a body of water to the west of [[Japan]]. It is bounded by [[Japan]], the Russian island of [[Sakhalin]], the far-eastern coast of [[Russia]], and [[Korea]]. It is connected by the Korea Strait (or Tsushima Strait) to the [[East China Sea]].
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The '''Sea of Japan''' is a body of water to the west of [[Japan]]. It is bounded by Japan, the Russian island of [[Sakhalin]], the far-eastern coast of [[Russia]], and [[Korea]]. It is connected by the Korea Strait (or Tsushima Strait) to the [[East China Sea]].
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Russian admiral Krusenstern made popular the "Sea of Japan" (Japonskoe More) name in the West through the publication of his memoir in 1815. 
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== See also ==
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*[[Nikko]]
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*[[Ainu]]
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*[[Aomori]]
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*[[Nagano]]
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/maritime/japan/index.html Sea of Japan] Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
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*[http://www.geocities.co.jp/WallStreet/4076/index.en.html The Sea of Japan and Koreans]
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[[Category:Seas]]
 
[[Category:Seas]]
 
[[Category:Japan]]
 
[[Category:Japan]]
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