An anti-Japan protester tears a Japanese Rising Sun flag during a rally outside the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Aug. 16, 2012. Protesters were demanding that the Japanese government ...

Japan’s 'rising sun' flag is a focus of anger at the Tokyo Olympics, with some in the Koreas, China and other Asian nations calling for a ban.

Japan’s flag has emerged as a key element of bilateral tensions. By Kan Kimura. December 15, 2019. Credit: (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Subscribe for ads-free reading.

To Japan, the Rising Sun flag is part of its culture. The flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army, and the country’s navy and defense forces still use the flag to this day.

Japan on Tuesday described an attack on a car carrying the country’s ambassador in Beijing as “very regrettable.” Ambassador Uichiro Niwa was unhurt in Monday’s incident but a man ripped ...

Bernard Stein never talked about his combat experiences in Southeast Asia during World War II, but he’d brought the flag home as a war trophy after fighting with the U.S. Army’s 38th Infantry ...

Japan labels incident "very regrettable" Envoy unhurt but Japanese flag on the vehicle was snatched. Relations between two countries tense in recent weeks ...

A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II “I started to realize a while back that maybe it wasn’t the best home decor,” said Scott Stein, ...

HIGASHISHIRAKAWA, Japan — Tatsuya Yasue buried his face into the flag and smelled it. Then he held the 93-year-old hands that brought this treasure home, and kissed them.

Japan on Tuesday described an attack on a car carrying the country’s ambassador in Beijing as “very regrettable.” Ambassador Uichiro Niwa was unhurt in Monday’s incident but a man ripped ...