The most infamous emblem of the horrors of wartime Japan, the Rising Sun flag, was never banned, and it still flies today. Much like the Confederate battle flag, which was used by several ...

You’ve seen it flying high above government buildings and waved wildly during the Olympics, but how well do you actually know the Japanese flag? Let’s take a look at five facts about that familiar ...

it's just the JOURNALIST'S efforts to manufacture a non-story, when not even the President of the Republic of Korea has any ... with the JMSDF ships flying that flag. These are nations that actually ...

SEOUL — Japan considers the “rising sun” flag part of its history. But some in the Koreas, China and other Asian countries say the flag is a reminder of Japan’s wartime atrocities ...

"We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family."The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when Banta ...

TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.