Just a flag - or a symbol of imperial terror? Fans cheering in a stadium and waving a flag is a staple sight at any international sports event. But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries ...

While Perry’s visit had jump-started the birth of an empire ... Bremyer left Japan on September 4, two days after the ceremony, with the flag in tow. He took a more circuitous route home ...

It wasn't hardship that made her the preeminent lifestyle icon of the last 30 years. It was passion, patience, and ...

when an American force came ashore in the hitherto reclusive Japanese nation. MacArthur also procured Commodore Perry's American flag, displaying the 31-star ensign on the starboard bulkhead ...

He was deployed to Singapore and awarded a British Empire Medal in 1942 after helping ... Now in enemy waters, they hoisted the Japanese flag. But because it looked too new to be credible, they ...

The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today's world except for Japan and Korea (which continue ... during the expansionist years of the Roman ...

President William Lai’s (賴清德) “motherland” remarks at the Double Ten National Day gala on Saturday received mixed reaction, ...

which concluded the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War, it was decided that – inter alia – sovereignty over Taiwan would be formally transferred in perpetuity from the Qing Empire to Japan. Taiwan had ...

Dockers, the khakis brand that was once a byword for business casual attire, has been put under a review for a potential sale ...