And blue wasn't the most difficult color. "The hardest was actually the one used in our own flag -- red," he says. Japan's flag is white with a red circle in the middle. But until 1999 there was ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...