To whom it may concern,

Hello, my name is JY Jin, a high school student in Seoul, Korea.

I noticed some wrong information to be corrected in your site. Even though the memo on the top of some pages which deal with matters around the sea of Japan(THIS IS WRONG NAME) indicates ‘this page contains the archived information and no longer updated’, I believe additional information should be addressed in the memo. Because some people still use the information through these pages that contain the archived information and can get the wrong information of the name of the see between the Korean peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, and Russia. The marginal sea between the Korean peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, and Russia, is currently referred to as “Sea of Japan” on your website. However, that reference is inaccurate and should be instead corrected to “East Sea” for the following reasons. Historically, the sea in question was documented as “East Sea” in Korea since the 12^th century. In contrast, the name “Sea of Japan” was first used and documented during Japan’s imperialist years, when Korea was under Japanese rule and was unable to express its interests internationally. Also, geographically, the sea in question is surrounded by more than one country, and so under rule of several different countries.