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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The countries and regions of eastern and southeast Asia, especially China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia.

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  • proper noun the Far East

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Examples

  • The broader group's forum is known as the East Asia Summit.

    Beijing Resists Sea Debate During East Asia Summit Jeremy Page 2011

  • In 1943 Yatsugi Kazuo, a member of the Center for National Strategy, approached Nishida and asked him to contribute a scholarly account of Japan's role in East Asia, that is, to help provide a rationale for the creation of the so-called “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.”

    The Kyoto School Davis, Bret W. 2006

  • The President will also advance our strategy of creating jobs for Americans at home by opening markets in East Asia, which is, as we've said so many times, the most dynamic trading area in the world.

    Christopher Briefing ITY National Archives 1996

  • East Asia, that is the countries there without the United States and Canada, represent a larger economy than either North America or Western Europe.

    Background Briefing On Ape ITY National Archives 1993

  • During his trip Obama called the East Asia summit the "premier" arena to discuss maritime security concerns, a subject China has lobbied to keep out of international gatherings because it touches on territorial disputes.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • During his trip Obama called the East Asia summit the "premier" arena to discuss maritime security concerns, a subject China has lobbied to keep out of international gatherings because it touches on territorial disputes.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • But no other place parallels East Asia, which is simultaneously a Energy Research Institute '(TERI) under the leadership of Inter-Governmental Panel on

    WN.com - Articles related to Egypt seeks Chinese investment 2010

  • But no other place parallels East Asia, which is simultaneously a Energy Research Institute '(TERI) under the leadership of Inter-Governmental Panel on

    WN.com - Articles related to Egypt seeks Chinese investment 2010

  • But no other place parallels East Asia, which is simultaneously a

    WN.com - Articles related to PSE inks collaboration with Korean bourse 2010

  • Since its inception in 1990, EARCSB (previously known as East Asia Rabbit Ranch) has grown from a farm purely focusing on breeding rabbits for meat, to agro-tourism and petting today.

    Anorak News Anorak 2010

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