Question 3: East Asia is considered to be a part of the Far East, which describes the region's geographical position in relation to ________ rather than its location within Asia.
Question 4: The idea of ________ arising from ASEAN+3 framework is also gradually shaping the term East Asia to cover more than greater China, Korea, and Japan.
Question 7: Historically, many societies in East Asia have been part of the Chinese cultural sphere, and East Asian vocabulary and scripts are often derived from ________ and Chinese script.
Question 9: Geographically and geo-politically, it covers about 12,000,000 km2 (4,600,000 sq mi), or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of ________.