Japan does not have an official national animal, but the green pheasant (Phasianus versicolour) is widely recognised as the ...

(Japan's official national flag since 1999 ... many of which link the Rising Sun symbol to imperial aggression and war crimes that they think Japan hasn't fully atoned for, even 70 years ...

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has released a set of new standard symbols for foreign-language maps after criticism that some of its current pictograms are hard to understand ...

There are arguments for and against. The rising sun flag has been used as a traditional national symbol of Japan for centuries, and appears in advertisements and on commercial products.

On New Year’s Day especially, prayers pile up at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan. Written on wooden ... from around the world can be symbols of hope in hard times.) ...

Image source, Twitter / @etherealcat GSI's executive officer for national mapping ... He told the Japan Times:, external "Some say we should change symbols for Japanese-language maps at this ...