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The U.S. Navy recently named the 'East Sea' instead of 'SEA OF JAPAN' as 'East Sea' or 'WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA' in the news reporting on its military activities. It was confirmed 3 days ago.
According to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet website, the Pacific Fleet announced in its own article dated September 28th the plan for the three countries' combined anti-submarine exercise, which began on September 30th, and set the location of the news as 'Water East of the Korean Peninsula'. THE KOREAN PENINSULA).
The article continued, “The U.S. Navy, the South Korean Navy, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces will conduct a three-nation anti-submarine warfare drill in the seas in the vicinity of Korea and Japan on September 30,” the article continued. The training site was marked as 'Nearby seas of Korea and Japan'.
In an article dated September 26, two days earlier, the Pacific Fleet also reported that the ROK Navy and US Navy were conducting anti-special warfare exercises, and marked the location of the outbreak as 'WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA'.
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In particular, in the main text of this article, "The carrier strike group of the Ronald Reagan has started a series of exercises with the Korean Navy in the East Sea," and the training site was specified as 'East Sea'.
The U.S. Navy, including the Pacific Fleet, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense, have used the term "Sea of Japan" in spite of the Korean government's request that "East Sea" be used alone as "EAST SEA" or "East Sea" and "Sea of Japan" should be used together. has been officially stated.
(Photo = U.S. Pacific Fleet homepage capture, Yonhap News)