And blue wasn't the most difficult color. "The hardest was actually the one used in our own flag -- red," he says. Japan's flag is white with a red circle in the middle. But until 1999 there was ...

“We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.” The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when ...

Japan actually has two rising sun flags ... and even fishermen when have a good catch like to fly the flag with the sun and beams. Current Prime Minister Yoshhide Suga, back in 2013 as cabinet ...