East Asia

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East Asia is a region of the world that includes at least China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan, and may also include more southerly nations. The region may also be defined in cultural terms, with these nations historically or at present sharing writing systems, philosophical modes of thought, and other relationships.