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If the three main southern islands you are referring to are the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, and the rest of Japan referring to the 4 main islands of Japan, then the answer is the East China Sea.
If the three main southern islands you are referring to are Kyushu, Shikoku and Honshu, and the rest of Japan referring to Hokkaido, then the answer is the Tsugaru Strait.
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Why is the Sea of Japan known as the East Sea in Korea?
National pride./ Korean called the sea 'East Sea' since 414 (or before). But, Japan called the sea 'The Sea of Japan' since 1602(But they still used 'East Sea' more. And Japan decided to call the sea 'The Sea of Japan' in international conference, 1912(at that time, Korea was colony of Japan). And now, two country argue about that(and Korean tries to call the sea 'East Sea'). In fact, 'The sea of Japan' is wrong name cause the sea is between Korea and Japan-and Korea is not Japan anymore!
What passageway of water connects the East Asia Sea and the South China Sea?
The Taiwan Strait is the passageway of water that connects the East China Sea and the South China Sea. It separates Taiwan from mainland China.
What are two examples of a buffer zone?
A buffer zone can refer to a designated area that separates conflicting parties to reduce tensions, such as the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea. Another example is a natural buffer zone, like wetlands surrounding a lake, which helps filter pollutants and protect water quality.
How do you think natural disasters affect life in japan and Korea?
In Japan is surrounded by water and Korean is also surrounded by water and making there home (near the water) flooded from the earthquake (under the island and peninsula) make the wave get bigger than little wave.
What is the size of Japan's landmass?
In total, Japan's territory is 377,835 km², of which 374,744 km² is land and 3,091 km² water. This makes Japan's total area slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Montana. Japan is bigger than Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand and the U.K., and is 1.7 times the size of North and South Korea combined and 10 times the size of Taiwan.
What body of water separates Japan and South Korea?
The Korean Strait
Body of water separates Korea from Japan?
-- "The Yellow Sea"In response to the previous answer, the Yellow Sea separates The Korean Peninsula and Mainland China.The 'Sea of Japan' separates Japan from the Asian mainland (including the Korean Peninsula). The 'Korean Strait' also separates the southern coast of South Korea from Japan.Please see a labelled map in the related links below.
What is the name of the body of water that borders japan russia North Korea and South Korea?
It is Sea of Japan.
Who are the closest neighbors to South Korea?
The only country that borders South Korea is North Korea. South Korea is also very close to Japan and China over the water.
What are Japans neighbouring countries?
Japan's neighbouring countries consist of North Korea, South Korea, and China.
What countries border South Korea?
North Korea is the only country that has a land border with South Korea. However, South Korea is not that far from China and Japan over the water.
Where is the Korea Straight?
The Korea Straight lies just above East China Sea, To the left of Japan, next to, slightly below South Korea. Pretty much the body of water that seperates the bottom of Japan and South Korea .
The name ''Sea of Japan'' is disputed by both North and South Korea how would these two countries like the sea to be renamed?
Unless there is a practical reason why so many names have to be supplied to ONE body of water (the pacific ocean in this case), only the"Sakhalin" peninsula separates the "Sea of Okhotsk" from the Japan Sea. The Japan Sea is surrounded by Russia/Korea/Japan; to settle the dispute, it should be named for what it really is, the "Sea of Okhotsk."
What 2 countries border south Korea?
i believe the best awnser would be North Korea....
What body of water lies to the east of North Korea and South Korea?
That's "East Sea" a.k.a. "Sea of Japan".
What bodies of water surroung north and South Korea?
The Yellow sea and the Sea of Japan
What are the surrounding countries of japan?
Japan has no bordering countries since it is made of islands. The five closest countries to Japan are (in order) Russia, South Korea, North Korea, China, and Taiwan. North and South Korea, Russia and China.
