The Japanese war flag, or Rising Sun Flag, flies aboard a Japanese carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. (National Archives) Janice Cho's hands began to shake. Anger raged ...

To Japan, the Rising Sun flag is part of its culture. The flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army, and the country’s navy and defense forces still use the flag to this day.

Japan’s 'rising sun' flag is a focus of anger at the Tokyo Olympics, with some in the Koreas, China and other Asian nations calling for a ban.

Founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin, one of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States, the University of Pennsylvania (also known as UPenn) is one of the eight Ivy League schools with ...

The Rising Sun flag may be widespread and symbolic in Japan, but this in no way means that the crimes against humanity associated with the flag’s symbolization of Japanese imperialism should be ...

The Rising Flag Sun is flown aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Osumi LST-class amphibious transport dock ship Kunisaki, May 27, 2014, in Yokosuka, Japan.

A “rising sun” flag, right, flies from a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel during the Japan International Fleet Review in Sagami Bay, Japan, on Nov. 7, 2022.

To Japan, the Rising Sun flag is part of its culture. The flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army, and the country’s navy and defense forces still use the flag to this day.

To Japan, the Rising Sun flag is part of its culture. The flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army, and the country’s navy and defense forces still use the flag to this day.

To Japan, the Rising Sun flag is part of its culture. The flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army, and the country’s navy and defense forces still use the flag to this day.