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Japan is east side of China.
The Answer Is North.
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The Sea of Japan There are two, between North and South Korea and the China/Russia border area to the west, and the east coast of China to the West. The Sea of Japan lays to the West and the East China Sea is more to the South West.
India
Japan is an island. Its nearest neighbors, to the west, are Korea and China.
Japan then China
Japan is an island. Its nearest neighbors, to the west, are Korea and China.
The eastern part of China is commonly invaded first by Japan, moving west. The western part of Japan is commonly invaded first by China, moving east.
You see China was west of Japan and so was the sun and China would usually give names to countries around it.
Japan liked the western culture and didn't want to fall behind technologically so they allowed the west to influence Japan, China was the complete opposite, they hated the West
from west to east