The flag included the name of the deceased soldier who had owned it, Yukikazu Hiyama. “It’s called a good luck flag — every Japanese soldier carried one into battle, signed by family and ...

Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags ... other than to say they use cemetery and public records to trace the names written on the flags. They said they did not want to inspire imitators ...

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 ...

American troops often took Japanese soldiers’ belongings as trophies.The most common items were flags called “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” inscribed with names and messages from family and friends ...

JAPAN, — A World War II-era "good luck" flag has finally made its way home, thanks to the kindness and determination of U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey. Dorsey, from Dahlonega, Georgia ...

The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu ... It's on the coast of Hoshu and its Japanese name is Fuji-san. Luckily it hasn’t erupted since 1707. It's a popular climbing destination ...

World War II veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles from his quiet home in Montana to the land of the rising sun to personally return a Japanese flag he had taken from Sadao Yasue during the ...

NARUTO, Tokushima Prefecture--A little-known episode about hostilities between Japan and Germany during World War I turned up when a flag featuring an unfamiliar design of a black cross and ...