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 ...

"The hardest was actually the one used in our own flag -- red," he says. Japan's flag is white with a red circle in the middle. But until 1999 there was no official policy on what shade of red it ...

red-and-white checkered flags will be used to warn people with hearing impairments on the beach to evacuate when tsunami warnings and other alerts are issued. An expert panel of the Japan ...