South Korea wants it banned at the games - but the 2020 organisers say the flag is "widely used in Japan" and is "not a political statement". Japan's national flag is simply a red disc on a white ...

When Scott Stein was growing up in New York, he’d often visit his grandfather on Long Island and admire a Japanese flag hanging on the wall in his den. Bernard Stein never talked about his ...

Japan - Some Tokyo residents urged Japan's newly elected leadership to tackle corruption head-on and take meaningful steps to ...

The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu ... perfect if you’ve forgotten to do the dishes. The Japanese national anthem's lyrics are based on an ancient form of poetry.

Japan actually has two rising sun flags, one of them is the national emblem, “nisshoki” or “hinomaru” which means the origin of the sun (red circle on a white background) and which causes ...