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, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 21: Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, IOC President Thomas Bach and Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike take part in the Flag Handover Ceremony during the Closing ...

(Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) Afghanistan’s two athletes may have been prevented from traveling to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo due to unrest in their home country, but their flag will be added ...