World War II veteran Marvin Strombo traveled 10,000 miles from his quiet home in Montana to the land of the rising sun to personally return a Japanese flag he had taken from Sadao Yasue during the ...

As was customary during any visit to a foreign land, Perry’s flagship flew all of its colors, including a new hand-sewn, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai” — “long live” — ...

Some shouted “banzai” - “long live” - while others waved small paper Japanese flags ... Historically, World War II was fought in the name of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito.

People across the United States have been mailing Japanese flags to an office in Oregon. The banners are “heirlooms” kept by American families over the decades. Many are from World War Two ...