Hello Arthur- Thank you for your email.
The U.S. State Department does not recognize the "Sea of Japan" - so we use that title. If they change it, we will also.
- Here in the U.S. - Korean Americans have been pushing for the change.
Here's an article from the Washington Post about it:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/02/21/korean-americans-push-to-rename-sea-of-japan-in-state-legislatures/?utm_term=.a44215da5e48
Sincerely,
Rob
Rob Gutro, Deputy News Chief,
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From: Arthur Kim [sejinkim120@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 6:44 AM
To: Gutro, Robert J. {Rob} (GSFC-1300)
Subject: Request for correcting error
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