Japan’s Flag Desecration Bill Threatens Rights
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Japan’s Flag Desecration Bill Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image The emperor's 66th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, February 23, 2026. © 2026 Louise Delmotte/AP Photo Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), along with its coalition partner Japan Innovation Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People, and Sanseito, jointly submitted a bill on June 16 that would criminalize “publicly damaging, removing, or defacing” Japan’s national flag in a “way or s…
Regarding the creation of a new "crime of damaging the Japanese flag," which would legally prohibit acts of damaging the flag, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) decided on the 15th to amend the bill. The plan is to exclude the act of posting images of the damage on social media from being punishable. This move comes as the ruling party is facing a potential loss of its majority in the Upper House…
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