SEOUL — Japan considers the “rising sun” flag part of its history. But some in the Koreas, China and other Asian countries say the flag is a reminder of Japan’s wartime atrocities, and is comparable ...

South Korea on Wednesday formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban Japan's "Rising Sun" flag from next year's Tokyo Olympics, comparing it to a Nazi swastika and deeming it an ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Authentic World War II artifacts aren't easy to come by these days, but the Grand Rapids Public Museum recently came into possession of a rare one they identified, which is ...

Takashi Yoshida received funding from: the United States Institute of Peace (2007-06); the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (2006-05); the ...

Photos of Masashi Ito (left) and Cpl. Lowell Armstrong (right) sit on display with a Japanese war flag during a flag return ceremony in Takasaki, Japan, Feb. 14. (Obon Society) An airman traveled to ...

ROBBINSVILLE -- Since 2001, a Robbinsville woman held onto a Japanese flag her father brought back from World War II, never knowing how he got it but was always curious about the signatures on it.