Dear webmaster,

Hello. This is keonwoo kim who studies oceanography in South Korea.

I have a project and research about marine environment and ecosystem, using your website. I really thank you for your website which provides useful contents for my research.

The name of the sea between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, currently named as the “Sea of Japan” in your article, should be corrected to be the “East Sea” due to following reason.

The name "Sea of Japan" was decided in the period of Japanese imperialism. In that period, Japan forcibly marked "East Sea" as "Sea of Japan". Therefore it seems unreasonable to use the name "Sea of Japan".

I humbly ask for your website to seriously consider the issue of changing the "Sea of Japan" to "East Sea" or at least, please name it both "East Sea" and "Sea of Japan".

I would like to attach some references to help your understanding of this matter. I hope that errors in your website will be corrected. 

Thank you again for your help. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

keonwoo kim