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 ...

There are two rising sun flags associated with Japan, whose very name in Japanese means “the sun's origin.” One is the country's national flag, called “nisshoki,” or “hinomaru,” which ...

Let’s take a look at five facts about that familiar dotted flag. 1) The official name of the flag of Japan is 日章旗 ("nisshoki," meaning “sun-mark flag”), but most people just call it 日の丸 ("hinomaru," ...

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 ...

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, ...

In September, South Korea requested the Japanese “rising sun” flag be banned from the event and are intensifying their efforts to get Japan to comply. To understand the hatred of the ...

I immediately recognized that the image on the poster was the Japanese imperial flag, otherwise known as the Rising Sun flag. I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. On a campus that strives ...

noting that the flags were known in Japan as Yosegaki Hinomaru, interpreted as “a collection of writing under the red sun.” “Soldiers wore them in a pouch under their uniforms,” said Stein ...

A Japanese warship will raise the Rising Sun flag during an upcoming multinational exercise in South Korea, Japan’s defense minister said Friday. The Maritime Self-Defense Force — Japan’s ...

A Japanese news outlet on Wednesday backed fans using rising sun flags to cheer and support the Japanese team during the World Baseball Classic, fueling tension between Japan and Korea over the ...

A salute South Korean sailors rendered to the “rising sun” flag of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a fleet review touched off an exchange Monday in Seoul between the nation’s ...

That’s why the flag has created anger at the Olympics, with some of […] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan considers the “rising sun” flag part of its history.