01239nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001700043245011200060300001200172490000700184520090000191022001401091                                       d1 aSungjae Choo00aRecent Discussions on the Naming of the Sea between Korea and Japan and Topics of the Geographical Toponymy  a870-8830 v473 aThis study aims to summarize recent discussions on naming the sea between Korea and Japan and to draw some research topics of the geographical toponymy. The International Hydrographic Conference and the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names held in 2012 repeatedly saw clearly different positions of Korea and Japan on the naming of the sea. From the debates, four topics appeared distinctly which deserve receiving continuous interests in the field of geographical toponymy. These include: necessity of dual naming and characteristics of, and perceptions on the object of dual naming; political economic nature of the sea, e.g. semi-enclosed sea, EEZ, and relevant use of names; relationship between the sea containing strong emotional ties and its naming; additional definition of toponymic terminologies to proceed with more objective and logical discussions.  a1225-6633