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The '''Sea of Japan''' or '''East Sea''' is part of the western ], bounded by the Japanese islands of ], ] and ] on the east, the ]n peninsula and ] on the west, and ] island on the north.
The Sea of Japan is connected to other seas by five shallow ]s: the ] or Mamiya Strait between the ]n mainland and Sakhalin; ] or Soya Strait between the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido; ] between the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu; ] between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu; and ] between the island of Kyushu and the Korean peninsula.
The deepest point is 3712 meters below ].
The governments and people of Korea prefer the name '''East Sea''' for this body of water.