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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed ...

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 ...

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.