Sea of Japan:
North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan.
- The Sea of Japan, or East Sea, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean.
- It is bound by Japan and Sakhalin to the east and by mainland Russia, North Korea, and South Korea to the west.
- It is connected with the East China Sea via the Tsushima and Korea straits and with the Okhotsk Sea in the north by the La Perouse and Tatar straits.
- In the east, it is connected with the Inland Sea of Japan via the Kanmon Strait and the Pacific Ocean by the Tsugaru Strait.
- Major Ports:
- Russia: Vladivostok, Sovetskaya Gavan, Nakhodka, Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, and Kholmsk.
- North Korea: Hamhung, Chongjin, and Wonsan.
- Japan: Niigata, Tsuruta, and Maizuru.
