Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Civil and state flag and ensign of Japan. Flag ratio: 2:3. This flag was designated by Proclamation No. 127, 1999. The sun-disc is perfectly centered and is a brighter shade of red. 27 February 1870 – 12 August 1999: Civil and state flag and ensign of the Empire of Japan, and the Japanese state. Flag ratio: 7:10.
The Empire of Japan, [c] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [8] From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan.
Naval ensign of Japan. The Rising Sun Flag (Japanese: 旭日 旗, Hepburn: Kyokujitsu-ki) is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. [1] Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the Sun. The flag was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period (1603 ...
For example, liberal newspapers such as the Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun often feature articles critical of the flag of Japan, reflecting their readerships' political spectrum. [95] To other Japanese, the flag represents the time where democracy was suppressed when Japan was an empire. [96]
This map represents the Japanese empire. It contains a mistake: new Caledonia was never conquered by Japan. Items portrayed in this file ...
An enlargeable map of Japan. ... Empire of Japan; Taishō period. Japanese expansion (1941–42) ... Flag of Japan; Kimigayo (National anthem of Japan)
Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria [e] prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria [f] thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945.
The caption from right to left says: "With the help of Japan, China, and Manchukuo, the world can be in peace." The flags shown are, right to left: the "Five Races Under One Union" flag of China, the flag of Japan, and the flag of Manchukuo. The concept of a unified Asia under Japanese leadership had its roots dating back to the 16th century.