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Army veteran returns WWII ‘good luck’ flag to Japanese soldier’s family
A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...
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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag returns from U.S.
“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 ...
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Japanese rising sun flag controversy in Tokyo Olympic Games
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 ...
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Another banner year for Japan's flag master
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 ...
New exhibit features flags from Japanese POW camp that held New Mexico Bataan survivors
The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough, at least, to ...