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 ...

Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags, known as yosegaki hinomaru or good-luck flags, bearing a red circle upon a white background where family, friends or co-workers wrote messages of ...

The Japanese military include Sun rays on their emblems. The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu’s great-great-grandmother too. According to Japanese tradition, the sun goddess ...