That is why flying the flag at the Tokyo Olympics has caused an uproar demanding it is banned from the Games. Japan actually has two rising sun flags, one of them is the national emblem, ...

Millions of Japanese soldiers carried the flags, known as yosegaki hinomaru ... Rex Ziak was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun "in recognition of his contributions to promoting understanding ...

noting that the flags were known in Japan as Yosegaki Hinomaru, interpreted as “a collection of writing under the red sun.” “Soldiers wore them in a pouch under their uniforms,” said Stein ...