Flag of Japan Facts for Kids

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The flag of Japan shows a red sun (rising sun) in the middle of a white field. It is called "Nisshoki" (日章旗) formally in Japan. But Japanese people usually call it "Hinomaru" (日の丸) which means "circle of the sun". The Japanese navy uses the other flag; the sun has rays. This flag represents the heat of the sun. Its colours are red and white.

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The fleet of Kuki Yoshitaka in 1593.
Tokugawa shogunate warship Asahi Maru in 1856.
Progression During the Imperial Inspection at Ou, Matsushima. Ukiyo-e by Hiroshige III (1876)
1930s photo of a military enrollment. The Hinomaru is displayed on the house and held by several children.
Propaganda poster promoting harmony among Japanese, Chinese, and Manchu. The caption in Chinese (read right to left) reads "With the cooperation of Japan, China, and Manchukuo, the world can be in peace".
The Hinomaru is lowered in Seoul, Korea, on 9 September 1945, the day of the surrender.
The Hinomaru being raised at the United Nations headquarters in New York City in 1956
The Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem as it appears in the Official Gazette on 15 August 1999
Flag of Japan flying
An example of a Hinomaru Yosegaki from World War II
Takeru Kobayashi wears a hachimaki.
A Hinomaru bentō.
Hinomaru Teppo Ebi
A flag-waving crowd greet the Imperial Family after Emperor Naruhito's ascension to the throne at the Imperial Palace, 4 May 2019.
A graduation ceremony in Hokkaido Prefecture with both the Hinomaru and the flag of Hokkaido Prefecture. The school's own flag is on a staff to the speakers' right.
An illustration of the Japanese army occupying Khabarovsk, 1920. Both Hinomaru and the Rising Sun Flag (in background) are depicted
The national flag flying with the flags of Okinawa Prefecture and Urasoe City
Japanese flag at the Meiji Memorial.
Japan Self-Defense Forces honor guards holding the national flag during Mike Pence's visit.
Flags of Japan and other G7 states flying in Toronto.
A series of Japanese flags in a school entrance.
Yokohama City (left) and the Hinomaru (center) flying on Yokohama Harbor.
Firefighters in Tokyo holding the Japanese national flag during a ceremony.
Large flags of Japan at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium during the final match of the East Asian Football Championship.(14 February 2010)
Totenko-Rooster Crows with hinomaru and lady, 1909

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