Editing Sea of Japan (section)

==Extent==
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The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the "Japan Sea" as follows:<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|page=32|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>

{{quote|''On the Southwest.'' The Northeastern limit of the [[East China Sea|Eastern China Sea]] [From Nomo Saki (32°35′&nbsp;N) in [[Kyūshū|Kyusyu]] to the South point of [[Fukuejima|Hukae Sima]] ([[Gotō Islands|Goto Retto]]) and on through this island to Ose Saki (Cape Goto) and to Hunan Kan, the South point of [[Jeju Island|Saisyu To]] (Quelpart), through this island to its Western extreme and thence along the parallel of 33°17′&nbsp;North to the mainland] and the Western limit of the [[Seto Inland Sea|Inland Sea]] [defined circuitously as "The Southeastern limit of the Japan Sea"].

''On the Southeast.'' In [[Kanmon Straits|Simonoseki Kaikyo]]. A line running from Nagoya Saki (130°49′,5&nbsp;E) in [[Kyūshū|Kyûsyû]] through the islands of Uma Sima and Muture Sima (33°58′,5&nbsp;N) to Murasaki Hana (34°01′&nbsp;N) in [[Honshū|Honsyû]].

''On the East.'' In the [[Tsugaru Strait|Tsugaru Kaikô]]. From the extremity of Siriya Saki (141°28′&nbsp;E) to the extremity of Esan Saki (41°48′&nbsp;N).

''On the Northeast.'' In [[La Pérouse Strait|La Perouse Strait]] (Sôya Kaikyô). A line joining [[Cape Sōya|Sôni Misaki]] and Nishi Notoro Misaki (45°55′&nbsp;N).

''On the North.'' From Cape Tuik (51°45′&nbsp;N) to Cape Sushcheva.<ref name="auto"/>}}