the Far East

noun

: the countries of eastern and southeastern Asia (such as China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam)

Examples of the Far East in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Overall, 85 percent of sales are exported to come from the European Union, the U.S., Middle East and the Far East, while the remaining 15 percent are generated locally in Italy. —Sofia Celeste, WWD, 1 July 2024

Elsewhere in the region in Iran, but also in the Far East, there are troubling national security developments, long-standing problems that appear to be getting worse, Iran is expanding its stockpile of enriched, highly enriched uranium. —Time Staff, TIME, 4 June 2024

Russia successfully launched the Angara A5 rocket on a test flight Thursday from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East, Reuters reports. —Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2024

First in Afghanistan, then Ukraine, Israel, and mounting tensions in the Far East. —Time Staff, TIME, 4 June 2024

Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou this week made his first-ever trip to the Far East Film Festival in Italy’s Udine, and appeared to fall in love with the theatrical and festival experience all over again. —Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 May 2024

The Peninsula Hong Kong may have earned the moniker the ‘Grande Dame of the Far East, but the years have been kind to this distinguished lady. —Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

During the civil war, workers from the Ministry of Culture and the French School of the Far East took hundreds of pieces from local temples and stashed them away nearby at the Angkor conservatory. —Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024

After all, her dad is known as the Gibbs of the Far East. —Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2024