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, ...

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Washington, DC last month, I couldn’t help but to think just how these respective cultures, rather than speak to each other, have a nasty of habit of ...

HIGASHISHIRAKAWA, Japan — The former U.S. Marine knew the calligraphy-covered flag he took from a fallen Japanese soldier 73 years ago was more than a keepsake of World War II. When Marvin Strombo ...

HIGASHISHIRAKAWA, Japan -- Tatsuya Yasue buried his face into the silk flag and smelled it. Then he held the 93-year-old hands that carried this treasure home, and kissed them. Marvin Strombo, who had ...

TOKYO – Japan announced Friday that it won't send a warship to an international fleet review hosted by South Korea next week after Seoul requested the removal of the Japanese navy's "rising sun" flag.

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.

GOLD BAR — For Ralph Wood, it is a simple and important story of forgiveness and reconciliation. For as long as anyone can remember, a Japanese flag hung on a wall in the Martin-Osterholtz Veterans of ...

The organizers of Japan’s 2020 Summer Olympics have refused to ban a controversial flag that South Koreans say stirs memories of the violent, brutal life endured under Japanese rule during the early ...