Japan the rising sun

Japan offers explanation of "rising sun" flag in Korean. Japan offers explanation of "rising sun" flag in Korean. Japan and South Korea remain locked in heated debate over statues depicting " comfort women " -- Korean women forced into providing sexual services for Japanese soldiers before and during World War II -- and decisions by South Korea's Supreme Court allowing citizens to sue Japanese corporations for reparations for forced labor. In the picture above, the word "war crime flag" was first used in Korea in August