Far East

Far East
Location of the Far East, geographically defined
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	遠東
Simplified Chinese	远东
Literal meaning	Far East
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuǎn Dōng Bopomofo ㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥ Tongyong Pinyin Yuǎn Dōng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jyun5 Dung1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Óan-tong
Burmese name
Burmese	အရှေ့ဖျား ဒေသ
IPA	[ʔəʃḛbjá dèθa̰]
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Viễn Đông
Chữ Hán	遠東
Thai name
Thai	ตะวันออกไกล
RTGS	Tawan-ok Klai
Korean name
Hangul	극동
Hanja	極東
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Geuk Dong McCune–Reischauer Kŭk Tong
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Алс Дорнод Als Dornod
Japanese name
Kanji	極東
Hiragana	きょくとう
Katakana	キョクトー
Transcriptions Romanization Kyoku Tō
Malay name
Malay	تيمور جاءوه Timur Jauh
Indonesian name
Indonesian	Timur Jauh
Filipino name
Tagalog	In Filipino: Kasilangánan Silangánan (poetic) Maláyong Silángan (literal)
Tamil name
Tamil	தூர கிழக்கு Tūra Kiḻakku
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Extremo Oriente
Russian name
Russian	Дальний Восток IPA: [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok]
Romanization	Dál'niy Vostók
Lao name
Lao	ຕາເວັນອອກໄກ Taven-ok kai
Khmer name
Khmer	ចុងបូព៌ា Chong Bopea
Tetum name
Tetum	Dok Lorosa'e

The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East, North, and Southeast Asia.^[1][2] South Asia is sometimes also included in the definition of the term.^[3][4] In modern times, the term Far East has widely fallen out of use and been substituted by Asia–Pacific,^[5] while the terms Middle East and Near East, although now pertaining to different territories, are still commonly used today.

The term first came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 15th century, particularly the British, denoting the Far East as the "farthest" of the three "Easts", beyond the Near East and the Middle East.^[6] Likewise, during the Qing dynasty of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "Tàixī (泰西)" – i.e., anything further west than the Arab world – was used to refer to the Western countries.

Since the mid-20th century, the term has mostly gone out of use for the region in international mass media outlets due to its perceived Eurocentric connotations.^[7][8][9] North Asia is sometimes excluded due to cultural and ethnic differences.^[10]

The term is still used in Russia to refer to its sparsely populated easternmost regions (being "far" in this case from the political, economic and cultural centres, Moscow and Saint Petersburg).