Korea vs. Japan — What's the Difference?

Korea, or the Korean Peninsula, is a region in East Asia. Since 1945 it has been divided into the two parts which soon became the two sovereign states: North Korea (officially the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea") and South Korea (officially the "Republic of Korea").

Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon [ɲippoꜜɴ] (listen) or Nihon [ɲihoꜜɴ] (listen)) is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.

An Asian peninsula off Manchuria.

A black enamel or lacquer used to produce a durable glossy finish.

An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Choson

An object decorated with this substance.

To decorate with a black enamel or lacquer.

To coat with a glossy finish.

A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.

Lacquerware.

(transitive) To varnish with japan.

To ordain.

Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.

To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.

To give a glossy black to, as shoes.

A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan