That is why flying the flag at the Tokyo Olympics has caused an uproar demanding it is banned from the Games. Japan actually has two rising sun flags, one of them is the national emblem, ...

Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World ...

World War II veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles from his quiet home in Montana to the land of the rising sun to personally return a Japanese flag he had taken from Sadao Yasue during the ...

At the end of World War II, as part of Japan's ... renounced his divine status. The Japanese military include Sun rays on their emblems. The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 15: South Koreans hold Japanese rising sun flags during a rally to ... colonial rule following the end of World War II after Japan surrendered between August 14 and ...