TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.

Everywhere she went in the United States, she saw Stars and Stripes flags. It was surreal to her. She asked an employee of the Japanese consulate general for red and white fabrics and scissors.

Asian stocks have taken the cue from Wall Street, with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 1%. Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.8%, while Australian shares slid more than 2%.

Compare that to, say, Japan. The Japanese flag similarly scores points for boldness and simplicity, but loses all distinction if either the red sun or white background are rendered in isolation.

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