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To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
As Bremyer recalled in a 2005 oral history interview with the ... While the latter has a dedicated exhibit, the flag with ...
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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 ...
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Japanese rising sun flag controversy in Tokyo Olympic Games
The other has the red circle with 16 expanding beams, it is identified as “kyokujitsuki”, and has many Japanese ... rising sun flag is dear to the Japanese and part of its history.
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Returning relics to heal scars of war
“It’s history, but we don’t want to repeat it ... Last October, a military museum in the US repatriated a Japanese flag that had been displayed for many years. The New Mexico Military ...