There's also a naming dispute over what is widely known as the Sea of Japan — but referred to as the East Sea by neighboring North and South Korea. Google Maps labels it the Sea of Japan for ...

Japan uses the term Sea of Japan to refer to the body of water separating it from the Korean Peninsula; South Korea calls it ...

But these are not the only global naming disputes in recent history ... Russian politician Denis Bulanov has proposed renaming the Black Sea to the Russian Sea. Bulanov was reportedly inspired ...

Here’s a look at how some of the leading mapping services globally display the disputed names ... and cays also have names in multiple languages. Sea of Japan or East Sea Japan uses the term ...

The leaders of Japan and Vietnam expressed serious concern on Wednesday about the situation in the South China Sea and ... in the disputed region. He did not mention China by name.

Google Maps calls it the "Persian Gulf (also known as the Arabian Gulf)." There's also a naming dispute over what is widely known as the Sea of Japan — but referred to as the East Sea by neighboring ...