Far East

Also known as eastern Asia, Asia, Eastern, Greater East Asia, Asia, Greater East, East and Southeast Asia, Asia, East and Southeast, Asia, East & Southeast, ESEA

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"Far East" is a geographical term that refers to the easternmost regions of Asia, traditionally including countries like China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The term matters because it has shaped how Western nations historically understood and related to these distant Asian regions, though modern usage of the term has become less common as perspectives on global geography have evolved.

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