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, ...

But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries it sparks a whole movement to get it banned? That is what's happening with Japan's rising sun flag and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. And the ...

Japan withdrew from an international fleet review hosted by South Korea after Tokyo refused to accept Seoul’s demands not to hoist the “rising sun” flag. The episode reflects another flare ...

Unrelated clips of troops from the Japanese Self-Defence Force and naval vessels have been viewed hundreds of thousands of ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency is stepping up its public relations activities to raise awareness of the "tsunami flag," which warns beachgoers to evacuate when a ...

Ten-year-old Shen Hangping was walking to school when he was stabbed. Japanese on his father’s side, Chinese on his mother’s, ...

The Rising Sun Flag is associated with Japan’s militarism and is immensely offensive to the Koreans. The use of the imagery in Germany further shocks the Korean people and media outlets.

This week, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and ... 18 members were Nippon Kaigi-niks — the old imperial “Rising Sun” flag was flown, pledges to “break away from the postwar regime ...

In agreeing to take down the banners, the South Koreans said they received a promise from the IOC that the displaying of the Japanese “rising sun” flag will be banned at stadiums and other ...

We've heard a lot recently about the rise in right-wing nationalism in Europe, said Ziang Liu in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). But "ultranationalism is boiling over" in China, too ...

PARIS--Sporting matching white jackets with the Rising Sun motif, the 114 members of Team Japan boarded a boat ... the 2024 Summer Olympics here. The flag bearers were Misaki Emura, 25, for ...