Following Apple Maps and other apps relabeling the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America,” a new push to rename a lake “American Lake” has become the latest talking point. One veteran map app reportedly refused to make the change — and instead of losing ground, it shot up to #1 in the App Store rankings. On 5ch, posts riffing on the renaming trend piled up one after another, with the discussion spreading into debates over map apps in general and comparisons with Japan’s own map services.
Now we can finally recreate "Pachinko Gundam Station"!! (a jokey nickname for stations that are really just known by the flashy pachinko parlor next door)
3AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:04
So it really was true — not just Canadians, but Americans are laughing at this too.
4AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:04
Legendary after the SWAT team stormed in
5AnonymousSep 3, 2026 18:54
Next up, next up: renaming the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait!
Is this the final form of an attention-seeking YouTuber or what
8AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:40
Turns out users can just rename stuff themselves lol
I wanna make a "Lake Hyrule" somewhere
9AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:40
You could make a map of Morioh, S City, M Prefecture (the deliberately vague fictional setting from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
11AnonymousSep 3, 2026 21:15
Isn't it Mapion we're talking about? (a long-running Japanese map service)
13AnonymousSep 3, 2026 21:32
Let's fight back and rename the Pacific Ocean the "Japan Ocean"!
15AnonymousSep 3, 2026 21:56
Re: #13
Having Trump-level intelligence is nothing to be proud of
14AnonymousSep 3, 2026 21:52
"Hawaii Sea" works fine too, right.
16AnonymousSep 4, 2026 00:31
Sounds like Trump Street is about to become TACO Street ("TACO" = the meme for "Trump Always Chickens Out")
18AnonymousSep 4, 2026 03:31
"American Lake" has zero sense of style
21AnonymousSep 4, 2026 08:49
>Free app
Guess that means no profit then
22AnonymousSep 4, 2026 09:08
At this point there's not much room left to fall even if the Trump-obsessed crowd glares at them
so standing out might actually be the smarter move
23AnonymousSep 4, 2026 16:50
If you're gonna joke with a president's name, it's gotta be "Lake Trump," right
25AnonymousSep 4, 2026 17:42
"Great Trump Lake," perhaps
33AnonymousSep 4, 2026 19:18
Every American shop should be renamed "America-ya" (Japanese-style "-ya" shop suffix)
37AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:52
Oh, they mean Zenrin! (a well-known Japanese map-data company)
39AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:27
Didn't they also say they were gonna rename the Pacific Ocean?
40AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:29
Even that guy Dave Spector said "Lake Epstein" would be a good name (Spector is an American-born TV personality famous in Japan; the reference is to Jeffrey Epstein)
Background and Key Points
Under a January 2025 executive order, the Trump administration called for the U.S. domestic name of the “Gulf of Mexico” to be changed to the “Gulf of America,” and both Google Maps and Apple Maps fell in line. The news generating buzz this time is that a veteran map app which refused a similar renaming request climbed to the top of the App Store rankings — based on an article ITmedia published on September 2, 2026. The thread saw a steady stream of joke place-names poking fun at the renaming craze, with some commenters tying it back to Japan’s own map services, while opinions split over just how much a name change should count as “political deference.” Note that the original article does not specify the name of the lake in question or the app involved, so readers should consult the source article for further details.
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