Editing Sea of Japan (section)

===Naming dispute===
{{main|Sea of Japan naming dispute}}

The use of the term "Sea of Japan" as the dominant name is a point of contention. South Korea wants the name "East Sea" to be used, either instead of or in addition to "Sea of Japan;"<ref name="r1">[http://www.korea.net/news/issues/issueDetailView.asp?board_no=348 East Sea or "Sea of Japan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024171001/http://www.korea.net/News/Issues/issueDetailView.asp?board_no=348 |date=2007-10-24 }}. Korea.net. Retrieved on 21 March 2013.</ref><ref name="momaf">[http://www.forthenextgeneration.com/dokdo/eastsea_01.htm Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 2005. The Name East Sea Used for Two Millennia.] Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea, 2005</ref> while North Korea prefers the name "East Sea of Korea".<ref name=fofajeffort0303>[http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/maritime/japan/effort0303.html Efforts of the Government of Japan in Response to the Issue of the Name of the Sea of Japan (1) The 8th UNCSGN], The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan</ref>

The primary issue in the dispute revolves around a disagreement about when the name "Sea of Japan" became the international standard. Japan claims the term has been the international standard since at least the early 19th century,<ref name="Basic Position">{{cite web |url=http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/GIJUTSUKOKUSAI/nihonkai/position_eng.htm |title=Japanese Basic Position on the Naming of the "Japan Sea" |publisher=[[Japan Coast Guard]] |date=1 March 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524092704/http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/GIJUTSUKOKUSAI/nihonkai/position_eng.htm |archive-date=24 May 2011}}</ref> while the Koreas claim that the term "Sea of Japan" arose later while [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea was under Japanese rule]], and before that occupation, other names such as "Sea of Korea" or "East Sea" were used in English.<ref name="legitimacy">{{cite web |title=Legitimacy for Restoring the Name East Sea |url=http://www.mofat.go.kr/english/political/images/res/east_sea.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea)|Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] |access-date=28 September 2010 }}</ref> In 2012, the [[International Hydrographic Organization]] (IHO), the intergovernmental organization that maintains a publication listing the limits of ocean and sea areas around the world, abandoned its most recent of several attempts in the last 25 years to revise its publication of the sea's name. This was primarily because of the lack of agreement between the Koreas and Japan over the naming issue.<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Kyodo News]] |title=IHO nixes 'East Sea' name bid |work=[[Japan Times]] |date=28 April 2012 |page=2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/korea/agency-rejects-south-korea-s-request-to-rename-sea-of-japan-1.175687 |title=Agency rejects South Korea's request to rename Sea of Japan |last1=Rabiroff |first1=Jon |author2=Yoo Kyong Chang |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920033907/http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/korea/agency-rejects-south-korea-s-request-to-rename-sea-of-japan-1.175687 |archive-date=2016-09-20 |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |date=27 April 2012 |page=5 }}</ref> In September 2020, the IHO announced that it would adopt a new numerical system, also known as "S-130". In November 2020, S-23, the previous version of the nautical chart made in 1953 will be made public as an IHO publication to demonstrate the evolutionary process from the analogue to the digital era. The IHO approved the proposal of the new official nautical chart. The new chart will be marked with a numerical identifier without a name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=2nd Session of the IHO Assembly (Report of Proceeding) |url=https://iho.int/en/periodic-publications |access-date=9 December 2021 |publisher=[[International Hydrographic Organization]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=2nd Session of the IHO Assembly (November 2020) Report of Proceedings Volume 1 |url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/periodical/P6A2_2020_Vol1_ENG.pdf |access-date=9 December 2021 |publisher=[[International Hydrographic Organization]] }}</ref>