Japan (日本 Nippon [ɲip̚poɴ] or Nihon [ɲihoɴ] formally or Nihon-koku, meaning "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland, and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest.
Japan is in East Asia.
Japan (日本 Nippon [ɲip̚poɴ] or Nihon [ɲihoɴ] formally or Nihon-koku, meaning "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland, and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest.

Based on the evidence paragraph above what can we conclude about the claim "Japan is in East Asia."?

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Japan (日本 Nippon [ɲip̚poɴ] or Nihon [ɲihoɴ] formally or Nihon-koku, meaning "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland, and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest.

Based on the evidence paragraph above what can we conclude about the claim "Japan is in East Asia."?

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 - refuted

 - not enough information
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