Definition of the Far East
: the countries of eastern and southeastern Asia (such as China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam)
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far
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: at or to a considerable distance in space
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: to a great extent : much
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: by a broad interval : widely
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: remote in space
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: distinctly different in quality or relationship
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: remote in time
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east
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: to, toward, or in the east
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: situated toward or at the east
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: coming from the east
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: the general direction of sunrise : the direction toward the right of one facing north
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: the compass point directly opposite to west
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: regions lying to the east of a specified or implied point of orientation
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