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Subject: Re: East Sea; Sea of Japan (UNCLASSIFIED)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:31:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello,

They might want to look at how the feature is mapped over time, and how
the feature was shown on the earliest maps of the region. This is
similar to the dispute over the islands that Korea calls Dokdo. Several
years ago, the Library of Congress wanted to accept Liancourt Rocks for
the name (also known as Takeshima). After considerable pressure, LC
decided not to change the name. Linda Zellmer

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Subject: East Sea; Sea of Japan (UNCLASSIFIED)

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Subject: East Sea; Sea of Japan (UNCLASSIFIED)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:13:10 +0000
From: Hadden, Robert L AGC <[log in to unmask]>
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         An interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal describes the
tensions around the name of the "Sea of Japan" or the "East Sea." See
Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2012, page A16. Subscription needed for
online access.
         "South Korea Calls for Sea (Name) Change: Seoul Lobbies to Add
'East'
Distinction to Nautical Charts, but Tokyo Is Firm, Saying the Current
Label Is Just Fine." BY YUKA HAYASHI IN TOKYO AND EVAN RAMSTAD IN SEOUL
         "A diplomatic spat between Japan and South Korea over what to
call the
sea that divides them is set to make waves at an otherwise staid meeting
of maritime technocrats this week at a seaside auditorium 6,000 miles
away in Monaco. At issue is whether the world's hydrographers-makers of
official nautical maps-continue to call the body of water in question
the "Sea of Japan," as Tokyo would like, or also label it the "East
Sea," as Seoul prefers. "We expect a heated discussion" at the
International Hydrographic Organization conference, says Kang Jeong-sik,
deputy director general of South Korea's foreign ministry."
         "...After Seoul announced that its research had found the name
"Sea of
Korea" was used in 66% of 228 maps it examined at the Library of
Congress, Japanese officials spent four months at the library,
uncovering 1,728 maps showing the sea. Japan's conclusion: "Sea of
Japan" was used on 77% of them."

R. Lee Hadden
Army Geospatial Center
ATTN: CEAGC-WSG (Hadden)
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria, VA 22315
TEL: (703) 428-9206
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