{"id":8775,"date":"2026-01-29T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=8775"},"modified":"2026-02-07T08:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:33:50","slug":"sea-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sea-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sea of Japan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sea of Japan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Sea of Japan, or East Sea, is a marginal <\/span><b>sea of the western Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bound by <\/span><b>Japan and Sakhalin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east and by mainland <\/span><b>Russia, North Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>South Korea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Connections<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is connected with the <\/span><b>East China Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via the <\/span><b>Tsushima and Korea straits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and with the <\/span><b>Okhotsk Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north by the <\/span><b>La Perouse and Tatar straits.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the east, it is connected with the <\/span><b>Inland Sea of Japan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via the <\/span><b>Kanmon Strait<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Pacific Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Tsugaru Strait.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dohoku Seamount, an underwater volcano, is its deepest point.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its relatively warm waters contribute greatly to the mild climate of Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Tides:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has <\/span><b>almost no tides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sea is known for its <\/span><b>high concentration of oxygen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (dissolved in the seawater), which results in high biological productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Major Ports<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Russia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, <\/span><b>Nakhodka,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, and Kholmsk.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>North Korea:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hamhung, Chongjin, and Wonsan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Japan:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Niigata, Tsuruta, and Maizuru.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-south-korea-japan-updates\/article70555685.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. 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