# East Sea vs Sea of Japan **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896 "2012-06-12T11:37:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896/41 "2012-06-19T15:32:27Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Or maybe we would call it “Sea that is east of the country that was split in two and fucked over by the West.” It would make more sense grammatically, anyway. > > Not that we don’t appreciate being freed from the threat of Communism. xoxo Oops, our bad. Should we withdraw our troops now? Or do you just want to bitch about how we label our maps in our own language and still be protected from the crazies up north. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896/42 "2012-06-19T15:42:34Z")
Dude, what is your problem? Please show me where I have “bitched” about how the sea is labelled. Up thread I described the entire thing as petty. You can call it the Sea of Monkeys for all I care. And while I appreciate the US troops stationed in Korea, it’s not like the US doesn’t have its own reasons for wanting a base here. ETA I am not a dude, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896/43 "2012-06-19T19:58:06Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > And before the war too. Not really. The two halves were occupied by different powers for the preceding three years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-sea-vs-sea-of-japan/624896.md?page=2)