Hiyama told OBON Society researchers in Japan that he never knew his father ... me to return the flag,” he added. “The flag has come full circle. I think he’d like that.” ...

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 ...

Using a coffee pot in her hotel room, she cut a circle from the red fabric and sewed it on the white fabric to create a Japanese flag. Kuge left the homemade flag among the countless U.S. flags at ...

Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags, known as yosegaki hinomaru or good-luck flags, bearing a red circle upon a white background where family, friends or co-workers wrote messages of ...