The IHO (International Hydrographic Organization), during the conference at Monte-Carlo, Monaco, today decided to keep the single name "Sea of Japan". Korea has been raising the issue of putting the name "East Sea" along with "Sea of Japan".
Korean representatives see this as postponement of the conclusion, and plan to raise the issue at international events in the future.
IHO conference is held once in five years, and this year, it started on April 23. The issue of Sea of Japan was discussed continuously from Day 1. (From Sankei News (only in Japanese) )
When I first read this, I thought this is a fair and natural decision, since the arguments that Koreans have been bringing up have no historical foundation. But I see one blogger analyzing the issue to point out that this is just postponing the revision of the map of 1953 that uses the single name Sea of Japan, and it will come up again in 2017. S/he further analyzes how the Korean argument on Japan Sea limit is invalid. This blogger explains the naming issue in detail based on historical evidence (both in English and Japanese).
US supports the single name Sea of Japan (relevant article here).
Vladimir Putin uses Sea of Japan in his speeches.
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