By Kim Eun-young and Kim Hwaya "The 'rising sun' flag of Japan, a symbol of militarism and the nation's extreme right, is unsuitable for the Olympics, an event people from all around the world ...

It’s still Japan’s navy flag, used by the Maritime Self-Defense Force and, in a slightly modified version, by the Ground-Self Defense Force since 1954.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- In a gesture of friendship and goodwill, Rear Adm. James F. Caldwell, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, returned a Japanese good luck flag belonging to a ...

More than 100,000 people have signed a petition initiated by Chad Tanner on the White House petition site "We the People" to ban the use of Japan's rising sun flag at next year's 2020 Tokyo Summer ...

Japan’s “rising sun” flag is raising anger at the Olympics, with some of the host nation’s neighbors calling for it to be banned during the Tokyo Games, which start Friday, July 23, 2021.