"Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message
news:Ewi1d.15968$ZC7.3364@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...

> Jeff, would you mind asking your wife what the difference is between
> a 東洋人　and an アジア人？
>
> ムサシ

I asked her and she said she considers them to be the same. And I don't
think she's terribly far from the mark here either. I note the following
from 大辞林:

とうよう　―やう 1 【東洋】ユーラシア大陸の東部の地域。アジアの地方。特にア
ジアの東部および南部、すなわち中国・朝鮮・日本・インド・ミャンマー[sic]・タ
イ・インドネシアなどの地域をいう。

Jeff