That is what's happening with Japan's rising sun flag and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. And the strongest criticism is from South Korea - where some politicians even compare it to the Nazi swastika.

JINCHEON, South Korea, June 13 (Yonhap) -- Born in Tokyo to a Korean father and a Japanese mother, judoka Huh Mi-mi now wears the South Korean flag with pride. Competing in the women's -57 ...

A careless act has landed an American social media influencer in controversy. Johnny Somali, a 24-year-old YouTuber from the ...

Seoul has argued that the flag reminds South Koreans of Japanese ... to cast a shadow over the rapprochement between Japan and South Korea. President Yoon Suk-yeol has confirmed his desire to ...

A supermarket shopper was confused when they spotted a North Korean flag in the description of a fruit product in the store.

The "reunited" flag symbolises aspirations in both the North and South to end the nearly ... in the Games would help improve inter-Korean relations. Japan has viewed the latest detente with ...

the Korean Peninsula neighbors China, Russia, and Japan. Under the World Geodetic System, it lies between 33 and 43 degrees north latitude and 124 and 132 degrees east longitude. The Peninsula ...

North Korea accused South Korea of infiltrating Pyongyang with drones, officials are reported to have said "All means of attack are ready to act." ...

In 2018, the countries even marched under one flag during the opening of the ... America is key allies with South Korea and Japan - but the two countries in South Asia have never been best of ...

This week, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party ... With China seizing and militarizing the South China Sea, and North Korea testing delivery systems for its new nuclear weapons, it would probably ...

North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year, demonstrating an improved ...