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<Naniwa Style> Taking the Debate over the "Crime of Damaging the Japanese National Emblem" as an Opportunity, We Want to Cultivate a Sense of Affection and Respect for the Japanese Flag.

Author Ryotaro Shiba recounts an anecdote related to the Japanese flag in his book "Kaido wo Yuku: Hokkaido no Shodo" (Traveling the Highways: Roads of Hokkaido). During the late Edo period, after signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity between Japan and the United States, the shogunate was told by the U.S. that government ships needed a flag to indicate their nationality. Shimazu Nariakira, the lord of the Satsuma domain, replied, "Our domain's s…
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Author Ryotaro Shiba recounts an anecdote related to the Japanese flag in his book "Kaido wo Yuku: Hokkaido no Shodo" (Traveling the Highways: Roads of Hokkaido). During the late Edo period, after signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity between Japan and the United States, the shogunate was told by the U.S. that government ships needed a flag to indicate their nationality. Shimazu Nariakira, the lord of the Satsuma domain, replied, "Our domain's s…

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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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