英語のニュース〜海外から見た日本〜

日本海呼称問題～Sea of Japan vs East Sea～

何の疑いもなく、「日本海は日本海だ～！！！」なんて思っていたけど、

どうやらそうじゃないらしい・・・ということが最近になってわかった。

というか、私たち日本人にとっては日本海なんだけど、お隣さんではそうではないらしい。

東海というそうな。　今や学会では、東海と呼称することも多くなったとか・・・。

まぁ、私は専門家じゃないので、詳しいことは置いておいて、

海外のメディアでは日本海がどのように表記されているのだろう

今回の台風についての記事から、その表記のちがいを見ることができた。

イギリス

The Guardian　

It moved slowly north across the Sea of Japan off the country's west coast, the Japan meteorological agency said.

（http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/05/typhoon-talas-fatalities-destruction-japan ）

BBC

Talas has now moved over Japan and into the Sea of Japan (East Sea), Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

（http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14783904 ）

Sky News

Talas has now been downgraded to a tropical storm after it moved over Japan and into the Sea of Japan, the nation's Meteorological Agency said

（http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16062620 ）

アメリカ

Time

It then moved slowly north across the Sea of Japan off the country's west coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

It was still offshore in the Sea of Japan on Monday.

（http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2091780,00.html ）

The New York Times

It was moving slowly north across the Sea of Japan off the country’s western coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/world/asia/05japan.html?_r=1&ref=world )

The Washington Post

It then moved slowly — almost at the pace of a jogger — north across the Sea of Japan off the country’s west coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/typhoon-lashes-central-japan-with-record-rains-killing-dozens-and-stranding-thousands/2011/09/04/gIQA9Ryu2J_story.html )

USA Today

It then moved slowly north across the Sea of Japan off the country's west coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

(http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/story/2011-09-04/Killer-typhoon-brings-more-misery-to-Japan/50256682/1 )

ABC News

It then moved slowly — almost at the pace of a jogger — north across the Sea of Japan off the country's west coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

(http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=14448203 )

MSNBC

Talas has mostly moved at about 6 mph, roughly the speed of a bicycle, and its slow progress caused heavy and prolonged rainfall over Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44390910/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/ )

表記なし。

CBS News

It then moved slowly north across the Sea of Japan off the country's west coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/04/501364/main20101591.shtml?tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea )

カタール

ALJAZEELA

It then moved slowly north across the Sea of Japan off the country's west coast, the JMA said. It was still offshore in the Sea of Japan on Monday.

（http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/09/20119541129646510.html ）

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