Nazi Swastika: Flag and Sun

nazi swastika: On the issue of whether the Rising Sun flag conveys a political message, I don't see it that way at all, she said. ; South Korean Culture Minister Park Yang-woo wrote to the International Olympic Committee this week, comparing the flag to the Nazi swastika and pressing for it to be kept out of Olympic venues, according to The Japan Times. The rising sun with rays distinct from the modern Japanese flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army during its invasion and occupation of swaths of Asia. New Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto one of the country's best-known Olympians on Thursday rejected South Korea's call to ban the flag as political propaganda. The rising sun motif is still used by the postwar Maritime Self-Defense Force, and Japan pulled out of a naval review around the South Korean island of Jeju last year after Seoul said the current MSDF variation should not be flown. The flag tussle is the latest outbreak in a deepening feud between two of Asia's largest economies, which has already seen South Korea raise questions about food safety at Olympic venues. The imperial-era flag is also favored by right-wing groups in Japan. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.