New York schools urged to refer to Sea of Japan as "East Sea" too

The education department of the state of New York has recently advised public schools to refer to the Sea of Japan also as the "East Sea," the name pushed by South Korea.The guidance, which is not legally binding, was sent out earlier in the month after Korean American residents lobbied the state's legislators."For more than 2,000 years, not just Koreans, but people throughout the world, viewed the body of water on the eastern boundary of Asia between Korea and Japan as the East Sea," it said.The Consulate General of Japan in New York has expressed disapproval to the department, saying that…READ FULL ARTICLE