An incident occurred during the broadcast of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics where the Japanese flag was displayed.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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, ...

Toshihiro Mutsuda was making preparations for his mother’s funeral in late March when he made a miraculous discovery. His mother, Masae, had lived a long and full life. But most of those 102 years had ...

A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family.

TOKYO — A Japanese flag, brought to America by a U.S. soldier who served in the Philippines during World War II, has returned home. The signature-covered flag was taken as a war trophy by the late ...

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Co-founder and president of OBON Society Rex Ziak, left, and USS Lexington Museum on the Bay's executive director Steve Banta display Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's good luck flag during a ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- 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 ...

A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over today by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family. Known ...