Japanese Flag

The Flag of Japan

Japan is a country off the coast of East Asia which consists of many islands; the four main ones are named Honshu (biggest island), Shikoku, Hokkaido and Kyushu.

Japan was first settled by indigenous peoples (the Jomon peoples) and then later on the Yayoi peoples settled and eventually became the people in Japan that we know of today. Japan was at first isolationist but then eventually modernised in the late 19th Century, this led Japan to become expansionist and which is what got them involved in WW1 and WW2. After defeat in WW2, Japan was occupied by America but eventually became one of the safest and richest countries to live in today.

The flag of Japan, known as the the "Nisshoki" (the "sun-mark flag") consists of a red sun-disc on a white rectangular field. The red sun-disc could represent a few different things, one being Japan's military and naval might, the other could represent the Japanese people and a prosperous future for Japan. The white field represents the purity, honesty and integrity of the people of Japan.

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Nisshõki 🇯🇵(Sun-Mark Flag)