Northeast Asia

Northeast Asia or Northeastern Asia is the geographical subregion of Asia; its northeastern landmass in addition to islands are bounded by the Pacific Ocean.

The term Northeast Asia was popularized during the 1930s by American historian together with political scientist Robert Kerner. Under Kerner's definition, "Northeast Asia" transmitted the Mongolian Plateau, the Northeast China Plain, the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago and the mountainous regions of the Russian Far East, stretching from the Lena River in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

Definitions

The definition of Northeast Asia is non static but often make different according to the context in which it is discussed.

In common usage, the term Northeast Asia typically intended to a region which includes Northern China. Other countries and territories which have up Northeast Asia are the Russian Far East, Mongolia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea. The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia defines the region as Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Korea and China.

The Yellow Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the East China Sea are also included in discussions of the region.