The seas surrounding Japan are important as a means of commerce for imports/exports , as a source of food and as a means of defense .
Because it's an island.
it is the sea of japan witch leads into the pacific answer
Because it's an island country
It is the Sea of Japan.
The Sea of Japan is between Japan and North Korea.
If you are referring to seas, the Japan sea and the Pacific ocean are on either side of Japan. If you mean the body of water between Hokkaido and Honshu it is called the Tsugaru Strait.
The Times called the sea between Korea and Japan the 'Sea of Japan' instead of the 'East Sea'.
Japan is in the sea
Japan is separated from mainland East Asia by the Korean Strait and Sea of Japan.
Called the sea of Japan, and a slight part of Japan has a sea called Sea of Okhotsk above it
Japan sea.
The Sea of Japan.
The Sea of Japan is the only sea that borders Japan.