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

Puccini’s 1904 masterpiece is set in Japan, where American naval Lt. Pinkerton searches for a girl to gallivant with in the Far East. —David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2025

Chery Automobile, one of the largest automakers in the Far East, was filming a video for its new Fengyun X3L SUV on November 12 when disaster struck. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

There was a lot of barter on the road from the Far East through the southern belt of Europe, but when a medium of exchange was needed that everyone understood the value of, that medium of exchange was gold. —Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025

The Fairchild Publications opens the first full-time permanent bureau in Yokohama, Japan, for Fairchild in the Far East. —Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for the Far East

• predeceased
• unreleased
• beast
• ceased
• creased
• feast
• fleeced
• geest
• greased
• leased
• least
• pieced