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A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II
When Scott Stein was growing up in New York, he’d often visit his grandfather on Long Island and admire a Japanese flag hanging on the wall in his den. Bernard Stein never talked about his ...
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Tokyo 2020: Why some people want the rising sun flag banned
Just a flag - or a symbol of imperial terror? Fans cheering in a stadium and waving a flag is a staple sight at any international sports event. But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries ...
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Japanese rising sun flag controversy in Tokyo Olympic Games
However, for the two Koreas, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and other Asian nations, it is a symbol of the war atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the past. That is why flying the flag at the ...
San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
A block in downtown San Francisco is being renamed for acclaimed photojournalist Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize ...
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To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
As was customary during any visit to a foreign land, Perry’s flagship flew all of its colors, including a new ... left Japan ...
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Space superiority is the goal as US Space Forces Japan activates at Tokyo air base
The first commander of U.S. Space Forces Japan, Col. Ryan Laughton, unfurls the unit's flag during an activation ceremony at ...
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Flag project recalls Japanese internment camps, one signature at a time
One of his two flags will go to the Japanese American Museum of San Jose ... In 2019 and 2020, he began to think of new ways to both raise awareness and to honor survivors of what he calls ...