Do you know which country greets the sun before most of the world? It’s none other than Japan, famously called the “Land of the Rising Sun.” This unique title comes from Japan’s location to the east ...

Japan's flag is white with a red circle in the middle ... one of the companies thanking him with tears in his eyes. "During World War Two, the company was making national flags for the war.

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 ...