South Korea on Wednesday formally asked the International Olympic Committee to ban Japan's "Rising Sun" flag from next year's Tokyo Olympics, comparing it to a Nazi swastika and deeming it an ...

Seoul has asked for the 16-rayed flag – often associated with World War Two and the Imperial Japanese Army – to be banned from next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Friday that it won't send a warship to an international fleet review hosted by South Korea next week because it could not accept Seoul's request that it remove the ...

South Korea formally requests Japan's 'rising sun' flag be banned at 2020 Olympics. In letter to IOC, South Korean ministry notes Fifa has already banned the emblem at international football matches ...

As rumored and hinted at, North and South Korea announced Wednesday that the two nations would indeed be marching under the same flag during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Feb ...

TOKYO — South Korea formally asked the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday to ban any use of Japan’s “Rising Sun” flag at next year’s Tokyo Olympics, comparing it to the Nazi ...