JAPAN: The Rising Sun. 5 minute read. ... their flag would be entitled to Japanese police protection—not under the rights of diplomatic courtesy but under ordinary laws against trespass and ...

A Japanese flag believed to have been captured on Iwo Jima during WWII was found at the VFW Post 443 in North Attleboro. Members there are seeking the story behind the flag. MARK STOCKWELL/THE SUN ...

"The 'Rising Sun' flag is a war-crime flag that the 20th-century Japanese imperialists used when executing their barbaric invasions into our nation and other Asian nations," North Korea's state ...

It is clear that the flag inscribed with the words 'NUFC JAPAN' is a modified version of the Rising Sun Flag, a symbol of Japanese imperialism and war criminals, but only black and white in Newcastle.

The rising sun flag is a red circle on a white background – like the current Japanese flag – but with 16 red lines emerging from the central circle.

The Rising Sun Flag was a military flag used by Japan during World War II in its invasive wars in Asia, and it is an extremely sensitive symbol in countries that suffered, including Korea, China ...

A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family.

TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.

Though the Rising Sun Flag has been a part of Japanese history, it has been associated by many countries as a symbol of atrocities that Japan committed on the people during the second world war ...

The grandson of a World War II veteran tracked down the Japanese family connected to a flag his grandfather brought back from war. "I was always fascinated by it as a child," said the grandson.

Charles MacVeagh, two weeks ago appointed U. S. Ambassador to Japan, said to reporters last week: ... JAPAN: Rising Sun; JAPAN: Rising Sun. 1 minute read. TIME. October 12, 1925 12:00 AM GMT-5.