A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday by the USS Lexington Museum in Texas to a nonprofit organization for return to the man’s family.

A Japanese flag, that has been aboard the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay for 29 years, will return to its homeland. News Sports Business Lifestyle Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Japan’s “rising sun” flag is raising anger at the Olympics, with some of the host nation’s neighbors calling for it to be banned during the Tokyo Games, which start Friday, July 23, 2021 ...

OLYMPIA — The flag of a father is going home to Japan, more than 68 years after it was retrieved from a cave during the bloody World War II battle for control of Okinawa.