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The '''SeaEast of Japansea''' {{crossref |([[#Names|see below]] for other names)}} is the [[marginal sea]] between the [[Japanese archipelago]], [[Sakhalin]], the [[Korean Peninsula]], and the mainland of the [[Russian Far East]]. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Like the [[Mediterranean Sea]], it has almost no [[tide]]s due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="tides">{{cite web|url=http://www.ssc.erc.msstate.edu/Tides2D/sea_of_japan.html |title=Tides in Marginal, Semi-Enclosed and Coastal Seas – Part I: Sea Surface Height |publisher=ERC-Stennis at Mississippi State University |access-date=2 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318165044/http://www.ssc.erc.msstate.edu/Tides2D/sea_of_japan.html |archive-date=18 March 2004 }}</ref> This isolation also affects faunal diversity and [[salinity]], both of which are lower than in the open ocean. The sea has no large islands, bays or capes. Its water balance is mostly determined by the inflow and outflow through the straits connecting it to the neighboring seas and the Pacific Ocean. Few rivers discharge into the sea and their total contribution to the water exchange is within 1%.
 
The seawater has an elevated concentration of [[Oxygen saturation|dissolved oxygen]] that results in high biological productivity. Therefore, fishing is the dominant economic activity in the region. The intensity of shipments across the sea has been moderate owing to political issues, but it is steadily increasing as a result of the growth of [[East Asia]]n economies.