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At the National Museum of Art, the world's best, the exhibition is hosted by a foundation funded by the Japanese government. However, at the entrance of the museum there was a guide map with the East Sea as the Sea of ​​Japan. In this way, the name Sea of ​​Japan is promoted, deceiving visitors from all over the world.

I'm correspondent for Washington.

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A special exhibition featuring Japanese animals, from the giant samurai on horseback to the painting of the zodiac puppet filled with walls.

It is hosted by the Japan Foundation, and it is gathering topics at the National Gallery of Washington.

But the map at the entrance of the exhibition hall is strange.

The East Sea was arbitrarily written in the Sea of ​​Japan, explaining where the exhibits came from.

The problem is that tourists all over the world who see these maps may be mistaken for the name of the Sea of ​​Japan.

[Anne Kellergen / Visitor: The sea name should not be so displayed. The views of both countries should be considered and respected.]

The Washington Smithsonian Asian Art Museum, four years ago, marked the East Sea as the Sea of ​​Japan, and only after receiving protests from the cyber diplomatic mission VANK accepted the request.

[Park Ki-tae / Cyber ​​Director of Cyber ​​Diplomacy Missions: I think it's an operation to promote the world that the Sea of ​​Japan has been marked alone in such a credible place by lobbying steadily.]

Japan is engaged in fierce international public opinion exhibitions by distributing and distributing images of the justification of the name of the Sea of ​​Japan in 10 countries around the world.

In particular, in April next year, the International Hydrographic Organization will hold a general meeting to name the East Sea, so we need to take active measures at the government level.

(Video coverage: Park Eunha, Video editing: Lee Seungyeol)