Not long ago, we read an article written by Mr. Tim Kelly and discovered that the name ‘Sea of Japan’ was marked alone in this article.

Actually, ‘East Sea’ or ‘East Sea/Sea of Japan’ is a more appropriate expression.

Considering the historical legitimacy of the name ‘East Sea’, topographical characteristics of the ‘East Sea’ waters, and the international norms on geographical naming (it’s not right to name an ocean or a land after a particular country, like ‘Sea of Japan’) etc., it is necessary to use both 'East Sea' of Korea and 'Sea of Japan' of Japan together.

In fact, ‘East Sea’ is the appellation which has been used since 700 years before the appearance of the nation named ‘Japan’.

We thought that people who don't know much about the ‘East sea’ may misconceive the area as an ocean solely owned by Japan if the ‘Sea of Japan’ is marked alone in this article, which is internationally reported.

So we thought that it is necessary to modify the expression and to let more people know the fact.

We hope you to accept our request and to correct such informations.

Thank you.