[that] was the first American flag hoisted over Japanese soil.” The description briefly mentions the flag’s role in Japan’s ...

Toshiya loved American sports and culture ... from the red fabric and sewed it on the white fabric to create a Japanese flag. Kuge left the homemade flag among the countless U.S. flags at the ...

However, when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941, Nathaniel’s grandson, who was Takashi’s grandfather, and other family members burned Perry's American flag for fear of persecution.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

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 ...