The Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, has links with Jimmu ... It's on the coast of Hoshu and its Japanese name is Fuji-san. Luckily it hasn’t erupted since 1707. It's a popular climbing destination ...

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 ...

American troops often took Japanese soldiers’ belongings as trophies.The most common items were flags called “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” inscribed with names and messages from family and friends ...

The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough, at least, to ...