What Happened to the Old Japanese Flag? 

Now that's wack xD

So it was like having a hungarian a romanian and a turk at a bar and started a "civilized" discussion on their countries history?

I'm assuming since it's middle-school we're talking, he wore it more out of naivety for the reaction he'd get rather than in trying to make some kind of point about military history, nationalism, and remembrance.

@Jedem Das Seine Actually Turkey has very close realitionship with Romania and Hungary. All three protecting each other in international politics and they have a really good import, export rates so politicians always acts like they always have been good bodies.

@WoodberryLax40k Why? Did he perform a Banzai charge? xD

That would be ironic

Dude have you seen how japan make anime

@@WhoCares869 yeah japan has some talented artist with an affinity for super roid style muscular men and thin women with ridiculous "proportions"

🤔........😆😆😆 It is hard to draw

well i mean drawing a perfect circle is hard

この動画嘘ばかりでまともなことが書かれてない。

一見まとめ方が上手くて動画も綺麗で質は高いように見えても言ってることは間違ってるの多いよね海外の動画...

そもそもサムネは海軍旗だからなにもchangeされてない

韓国系アメリカ人がロビー活動するし 欧米人も無知だし

これなんだよなあ…

"How do I draw a circle?"

That is actually one of the hallmarks of good flag design. Is it easily recognized from a distance and can the children of your country recognize and recreate it

RIP welsh kids

@@fine5643 dude im lucky, just get a paper and make half of it red, though the french only need to do the first step

Until you realize that although each pupil brought a red marker there's really only one with the correct tone of red xD

I didn't actually know either before I made the video!

It’s a subtle difference.

had only seen the Naval flag and noticed it was off centre. Going to review movies like Bridge over the River Kwai and see if it uses the army flag.

@@ChristopherNFP Don't forget to also look for the _Hinomaru._ In my home country (the United States), the military flags are usually depicted in war films as national flags used during World War II, while the _real_ national flag's use at the time is ignored by the films. Those who don't know much about flags just assume the Rising Sun Flag (both of them) was a national flag during World War II (kind of like the German Nazi flag, but not a party flag), and not what it really is: a military flag used almost continuously by Japan since 1870, and still to this day. In short, look out for the national flag, for it does not usually make the war films.

@@SoooooWhatt I would assume that if I saw the Hinomaru in a movie set prior to August 1945 then it would be an historical error. Is that correct? I do not recall Hilbert contradicting that belief.

That's one idea xD

@Biracial Boy He's like a symbol for modern Japan, though. A living representation of the dangers of nuclear warfare and all that. If Godzillas were a real thing, I bet Japan would be using them the same way China uses pandas in regards to diplomacy. lol

If Wales gets to have a dragon then Japan should be able to have Godzilla :)

Fearsome Mumbler that’s exactly what came to mind when I thought this haha

Never. That would be an insult to the japanese people.

Agreed. Also than you for not hating my country

@@Monokuma-1 i'm chinese too. We don't hate your country -- we only can't forgive the atrocities your ancestors did to ours

@@MrDragonballzbin ありがとうございます、ごめんなさい私の先祖があなたにしたことに対して

⁠​⁠@@MrDragonballzbin日本人です。私は1868年から1890年までの明治維新と、その時期に考案された旭日旗がとても大好きです。しかし、1930年以降のファシズムに近い日本の体制や、武士道からかけ離れた残虐な行為は大嫌いです。先祖がご迷惑おかけしたことを大変申し訳なく思います。加害者側である日本人としては、キャンセル文化に複雑な思いを抱いていたので、こうした肯定的な意見をもらえるのは大変嬉しいです🥹日中関係がより良い方向に進むことを願ってます🇯🇵❤🇨🇳

とても感動するコメントありがとうございます。日本人はもう少し愛国心を取り戻してもいいと思います

あなたの意見は正しいです。

It’s true

Yes. Like the Aboriginal massacre in Australia

Very well written. Thank you.

This is so sad can we drink sake

she must have been a samurais decendant

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VKMw2it8dQY.html

Pathetic

Tekiki tekiki

that's a much better comparison. It still makes me chuckle when people get their dander up about seeing a German Leopard 2 MBT with the iron cross painted on the side.

I think he as making a comparison to the stigma that the flag has in the rest of Asia.

@@kaiserofgermania5236 >Was used before WW2 You know, to East Asians, Japan was still a horrible nation before WW2. It really is a European/American perspective. To anyone in East Asia, or Australians who know their history, the Imperial Japanese were worse or at least on par with the WW2 Germans. So yeah, it's equal with the Swastika.

@UCAk61SHJsXG_h-BgiIDDJyw Aye, but the Japanese forces were also still committing atrocities before WWII in earnest so it's a specific example that's further complicated by not falling strictly within the confines of a single regime or conflict. It's comparatively easier to draw distinctions with - say - the Swastika and the Iron Cross. One represented this party/organization/regime - the other has a longer, more varied history. To play devil's advocate against my point, though - if there were any Herero around today they may even have an issue with the Iron Cross as a symbol, regardless of WWII. I suppose the inter-war period and WWII were such a hyper-charged climate in regard to national symbols and identity that it tends to make everything else more gray in comparison.

Don't think the Rising Sun Flag is okay to be used nowadays because it is older than the Japanese imperialists. In that logic, the Swastica has also existed for thousands of years, it was originally an Indo-European alphabet and the Nazi took it as their symbol to exert the "Aryan superiority." Yet the swastica is literally banned in most of the world. The Rising Sun Flag is the same. Although it may have existed since before the Japanese Empire, it still was used as the symbol of their imperialism and hundreds of millions of Asians suffered under that flag. Westerners are in no place to justify their use.

Until the Japanese Imperial Army starts rolling in!

you dont need to be a westerner to think its a nice design. It IS a nice design

멋있다

@@otre3947 but it's a very nasty regime.

There is a wartime flag that was created during WW2, the Taisei Yokusankai flag. The flag is not well known to foreigners, but it was created during the WW2 war and is no longer used after the war.

I agree with this.

その通りです。

For Vietnamese, the Taegeuk flag is a symbol of slaughter and rape.

yeah i agree with this. the difference between this flag and the Nazi one is that the Nazi flag was the flag of the Nazi party that took control of Germany and changed the German flag. it's inseparable from the Nazi party, but the Japanese navy flag was the flag before the war and before the terrible acts where committed its more of just a Japanese flag.

There is a new leader who changed its flag

Nothing changed. The striped one is still the navy and army jack in Japan.

Its still used in jsdf. Nothing actually changed

This saved my 9 minutes. Well of I go to another documentary.

@@Maple_Tachibana Except he's totally wrong. National flag changed slightly and rising sun flag always had two different versions depending on Army or Navy... that's what I understood....

Yep, it just floated into Pearl Harbor on a Japanese ship not to long ago.

Pity..

@@fbksfrank4 lmao it was an air raid not a naval bombardment

@@GageLeFox on his inflatable raft lmao

The rising sun flag is actually still up on a helicopter carrier to and is actually still the Japanese war flag only it has some golden triangles on the top bottom and sides

Less cruel than China Less cruel than America is for freedom Fought We Japan Our justice We Japan

@@user-ed8wc1yr8s yeahhhhh... history begs to differ... like, it really really begs to differ... (Japan created the monster that is communist China, and the US rebuilt Japan after WW2 and is basically Japan’s military. Also, the Japanese constitution is based off of America’s... sooooo yeah)

@@officalkingkrab1912 Japan has been a democracy since the earliest times.

日出づる処の天子、書を日没する処の天子に致す 大業三年、其王多利思比孤遣使朝貢。使者曰：「聞海西菩薩天子重興佛法、故遣朝拜、兼沙門數十人來學佛法。」其國書曰「日出處天子致書日沒處天子無恙」云云。帝覽之不悅、謂鴻臚卿曰：「蠻夷書有無禮者、勿復以聞。」 大業三年（607年）、その王の多利思比孤が遣使を以て朝貢。 使者が曰く「海西の菩薩天子、重ねて仏法を興すと聞き、故に遣わして朝拝させ、兼ねて沙門数十人を仏法の修学に来させた」。 その国書に曰く「日出ずる處の天子、書を日沒する處の天子に致す。恙なきや」云々。帝はこれを見て悦ばず。鴻臚卿が曰く「蛮夷の書に無礼あり。再び聞くことなかれ」と。 ・なで日本が日いづる国と呼ばれてるのか。 ・中国は遥かに進んだ文明で、日本よりも2000年前から文字を使ってた。 ・結果、中国から政治構造や建築などで多大な影響を受けた。 ・中国人から見ると日本は日が昇る東にある。 ・西暦57年、日本は"倭国"と呼ばれていた。語源については諸説ある。 ・中国の記録によれば当時の日本では豪族が争っていたけど、5世紀頃に大和が日本と同義になる。 ・中央政府が誕生したことで中国の体制を真似ていった。特に聖徳太子は中国から多くの影響を持ち込んだ。 ・儒教による階級、中国の暦、仏教寺院とか。儒教や仏教を学ぶために学者を中国に送り込んだ。 ・この聖徳太子は日の本（ニッポン）という言葉を作った。 ・中国の皇帝に対して”日いづる国の天の子から、日沈む国の天の子へ”という手紙を書いて。 ・日本の記録では、大化の改新で中央集権化が進むと、日本という言葉が公式文書に使われるようになる。 ・中国の記録では、唐の本では日本の使節が”倭”の名前を気に入らなかったので変えたとされてる。 ・また、中国の皇帝が日本に改名するよう使節に命じたというのもある。 ・また、唐末期に、高句麗侵略のお祝いを言いに来た日本の使節が気に入らなくて変えたというのもある。 ・いずれにせよ、8世紀末に日本に変えられたらしい。

@@user-ed8wc1yr8s The Japanese government is modeled after the American one (as is France for example, it’s not unique to any country), although in your defense, it was much more free than a lot of western monarchies. Modern Japan was founded 1947. Even before then it took much inspiration from the US.

They should be ignored

North or south?

@@hobomike6935 South more than North

@@hobomike6935 south

That's at least what I found but you may be right. Where did you come to learn about it?

@History With Hilbert I saw it on a random RU-vid video once (no idea which one I'm afraid). It was an attempt to satisfy the two families that were merging. If you see the original two it's quite clever. Type in “mitsubishi symbol creation” into google and you’ll see it.

@@historywithhilbert146 I believe the Mitsubishi symbol you show is actually a stylized propeller - as in the Mitsubishi aircraft produced before and during the war. (much like Mercedes)

@@historywithhilbert146 looks like I'm wrong, and Tim Robinson is correct: thenewswheel.com/behind-badge-stunning-symbolism-mitsubishi-mark/

i think that it was gm and mitsubishi in the 1980's-2000's

Fun fact: A lot of sinicized country like to do this. Vietnam literally means the Viets/ Yue in the south lol

It's not only in Asia. There's a theory, regarding the etymology of "Europe" that says the name comes from Mesopotamian word "ereb" meaning "descent", so in that case Europe would be "the land of the setting sun".

@@yuki.s.3881 No they didn't. The name is written in both languages as 日本, which means "sun origin." Japan took the Chinese name when it adopted Chinese culture over a millennium ago (including the Chinese writing system to write the Japanese language). Not only that, but they also took the Sinitic-based pronunciation for the name: _ni_ is based on the old Chinese reading of 日 (read as _rì_ in modern Mandarin) and _pon_ is based on the old Chinese reading of 本 (read as _běn_ in modern Mandarin).

ZhangtheGreat you think i can't use internet?What I said is “they named themselves Nippon.”What you are saying? kanji?i know kanji were borrowed. So what?

Jennie .S. You are wrong as hell. My moms Japanese. Doesn’t matter that the Japanese might pronounce the characters in a different way. Yeah, the Japanese adopt many of their own readings for all the characters. The original meaning of the characters still stands.

I see even your profile picture is a rising sun

Too bad Sony is more Californian than Japanese at this point. Their good years have ended.

Then Uncle Bill from Microsoft Corp. nuked them both back to the stone age.

@@4.0.4 It is false! SONY has its HQs in japan, it is the SIE (Playstation-division) who moved their HQs to california for research and development purposes since most of their gaming equipement like processor, GPU etc come from america , also North America account for about 50% of Playstation renue so i isgoodforthem to have a foothold there so as to better service that market. Do not forget Playstation also have division in Japan and europe lol

@@ulrichleukam1068 Most of the development is done outside Japan with majority of foreigners. So it really doesn't matter where Sony's HQ is located if you are talking about technology

@@ulrichleukam1068 Yes but SIE is the one that matters if you're comparing it to Nintendo. They're also shifting away from being the electronics company we all knew, since insurance makes them more of a profit. They're also becoming more censorious with what they allow, and their next console could be just a decent x86 computer, if leaks are correct. Not the cool company it once was.

Even the Lithuanian force has it

Correction: The finnish air force or Ilmavoimat used it from the years of 1919 to 1945, it originally came from a man who gifted a Thulin Typ D aircraft to the recently established Finland. The man who gifted the airplanes Eric Von Rosen used the blue swastika against a white background as a lucky emblem and the Finns adopted this. It was later changed at the end of WW2 seeing as how politically charged the swastika design had become during the war.

@@Fillkarre Correction: Several units in Finnish Air Forces use swastikas in their flags. I could've expressed myself a little better.

Why are you guys talking about irrelevant countries like Finland, and Lithuania? 😷👎🏼

@@Sergio-fu7mv so you are calling finland irrelevant when they beat an entire soviet union with very badly trained farmers with skis and a rifle. I bet your country is the irrelevant one here. You better read about finnish war history before go and hate on them. Yes and i am 12 years old and probably know more about the second world war than you. Why did you call Finland irrelevant? Because they dont have good weapons, planes or tanks? I hope you have noticed that Finland is a semi poor country and thats why they couldnt build their own ones, they just adopted them from other countries (VL Pyörremyrsky is the only finnish built plane during WW2 but it didnt see combat). And if you dont believe Finland adopted some tanks and aircraft from other countries, you are just dumb. The Hawk is a French H75. The KV1B is a KV1 obviously. And then there is (Pyörremyrsky incase you are dumb and think it is adopted like you) and Mörkö-Morane which i dont know if it is adopted like you. And i think it didnt see combat.

> If the theory of eliminating the Rising Sun Flag holds, then the flags of the countries that also controlled the colonies (such as White Ensign, US Navy flag, and other europian countries' flag) must also be eliminated. yes, you are correct by accident lol

For Koreans, the rising sun flag feels like the Nazi symbol. It makes Koreans think of things like massacre and war

Those who were educated after World War II were brainwashed by the brainwashing education program designed by the U.S. and Syngman Rhee at that time. Before the Japanese rule, Korea was ruled by the Yi Dynasty and a handful of yangban who exploited the people. The infrastructure and educational system were not developed, and the people were only allowed to wear white clothes. It was Japan that overthrew such a system that treated the people like slaves and laid the foundation for Korea to become a modern nation. Did you know that An Jung-geun was in favor of the annexation of Korea? The Japanese Prime Minister at the time, Hirobumi Ito, was assassinated for his opposition to the annexation of Korea.

​@@user-ec5dn3en9e Honestly, I'm not bothered by the use of the rising sun flag nor the Swastica. I'm more bothered by the double standard of Swastica being bad but the Rising Sun flag is not. Both have a tradition of being used as a sign of fortune and good energy and such and used by the mustached dictator. But somehow only Swastica is bad because Hitler was the only bad guy in Europe and anyone else who opposed is a hero despite of all the bad works in it's colonies.

日章旗には何も言わず、旭日旗にだけ過剰反応するのは分らんな。 日章旗も旭日旗も元々のルーツは同義なのに

@Roger Dodger bruh, seriously this baffles me. In third world country, of course, the corruption is also rampant, the different is the politician never gives back to the people, not a single fucking dime. Even just a slight amount means a lot for ordinary people. Just why ?

@@TheAmubis This also baffles me, but this what makes developing country (3rd world) remains the same or slow to develop is that most of the corrupt politicians are just plain selfish and don't care about their people, and likely incompetent as well which make things worse. Reality is that most government in the world will have some corruption in one form or another, different is how they still contribute back and actually make positive impact to the society, not just let it rot and make society struggling to make it work. Difference is one steal some, other one leaves little back to the people. Both are bad, but former one is lesser evil than the other. It's sad really.

@Roger Dodger it's almost like a nationalistic, right-wing government makes for a good country to live in, and a communist country is invariably a hellscape of misery. Strange, right?

Yup

Vroom vroom

Bangladesh - Hol' up there mate

1977-2011 Libya : AlL CoUNTry hAd fAnCy DeSiGn FlAg

Chinese one is just 5 star, libiya is just green Vietnam only 1 red star. Except few like Americans, British most nation’s flags are simple

Yes true, but japanese is the simplest one. It's just like putting a red chop on a blank A4 Paper. Turns out to be beautiful though. Sometimes simple is better than all this complex design with stripes and stuff. And results turned out to be messy.

@@lejazz2420 The main goals of a flag is to be easily recognizable, representative of the nation and easy to reproduce. The Japan flag do all of that. It isnt just beautiful, is perfect.

Shame on you

@@user-hh5db7rx2f Please do not make a mistake. The same flag as Haken Kreuz is the flag of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. The Japanese are also against the flag of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. I hope Koreans will work together to oppose the Imperial Rule Assistance Association flag instead of the Rising Sun Flag.

韓国の人たちは学校で日本に全ての責任があるかのような教育を受けさせられているのでこのようなことになるのも仕方のないことです。

@@user-bz3zt4qk8q 実際自分たちの王族がやらかしちゃって国をめちゃくちゃにした挙げ句日本に助けられたんだろ それで日本が負けたあとに虎の威を借りて日本を叩くなんて最悪や

@@user-hh5db7rx2f 洗脳教育乙〜www

Thank you Khaki that's really nice of you! I'm doing good - just staying busy but healthy thankfully. Hope you're well!

@@historywithhilbert146 Thanks for asking, I'm doing fine myself

Planned demic

Glad I'm not the only one

Same

Me too

I was thinking of Okami

I remember Akatsuki, is that weird?

맞습니다. 죄송합니다 일본. 한국은 자신들의 잘못과 논리를 가져야만 일본에게 말할 자격이 있을 것이다.

@Sapnap 제 말이 잘못 번역된 듯합니다. 욱일기는 사용해도 됩니다. 일본에게 죄송하다는 말씀드리고 싶습니다. 한국은 역사 인식을 바로 잡고 일본과 대화와 논리로 대해야 합니다. 열심히 노력해서 한국과 일본이 사이좋게 지냈으면 좋겠습니다.

@@user-tq4kc5mz6t I hope so. Some day, we can become a friend

같은 의견입니다. 한국에선 욱일기가 제국주의의 상징이라고 알려져있어서 따로 검색해봤더니 제국주의 상징은 무슨;; 그냥 옛날부터 일본에서 사용해왔던 문양이였네요. 일부 한국인들은 욱일기를 하켄크로이츠에 비유하지만 하켄크로이츠는 나치즘의 상징이고, 욱일기는 그저 일본의 전통 문양이며 이게 군기로 쓰였을 뿐입니다. 한국을 제외하고 그 어느 나라든 다른 나라의 군기를 금지하려고 하진 않습니다. 이건 정말 한국이 유난한 거 같아요. 욱일기가 문제가 된다고 주장한다면 독일의 철십자가 용인되는 논리적 타당성을 설명해야 하고 추가로 유엔에서 전범집단의 상징을 욱일기 대신 대정익찬기로 지정한 다른 이유도 설명해야 합니다. 단순히 욱일기와 하켄크로이츠가 나란히 걸려있는 사진을 보고 둘 다 전범의 상징이라는 건 순 억지입니다. 모든 한국인들이 욱일기에 대한 오해를 풀고 한국과 일본이 더욱 돈독한 관계를 가졌으면 좋겠습니다! 同じ意見です。 韓国では旭日旗が帝国主義の象徴だと知られてて別に検索してみたら 帝国主義の象徴ではなく、昔から日本で使われてきた文様でした。 一部の韓国人は旭日旗をハーケンクロイツに例えますが、ハーケンクロイツはナチズムの象徴であり、旭日旗はただ日本の伝統文様であり、これが軍旗として使われたに過ぎません。 韓国を除いてどの国でも他国の軍旗を禁止しようとはしません。 これは本当に韓国が間違ったようです。 旭日旗が問題になると主張するなら、ドイツの鉄十字が容認される論理的妥当性を説明しなければならず、 さらに国連で戦犯集団の象徴を旭日旗の代わりに大政翼賛旗と指定した他の理由も説明しなければなりません。 単純に旭日旗とハーケンクロイツが並んで掲げられている写真を見て、どちらも戦犯の象徴だというのは無理があります。 すべての韓国人が旭日旗に対する誤解を解いて 韓国と日本がもっと深い関係を持ったらと思います！

This comment sections are seems awfully scripted Those Korean languages are copy pasted and poor translated and btw Even nazi symbol was originated from buddhism and It had meaning of lucky same as your sun rising flag but Look at it imagine german person wave Hakenkreuz in public or olympics that man would be beaten up to death you Japanese should learn from your old friend

"I was there when it was written"

Communist Japan: *The time has come*

EU IV: Pathetic

Do not chant the ancient magic to me witch

I don’t get it 🤷‍♂️

*Self Defense Force.

I wonder what USA see that flag. Some joint training was issued due to that flag

@@jay-fl4pv i think south korea was the one who was mad

It's war flag for sure. Not only korea many countries that got invaded by Japan feel the same way. Most of Americans feel the same way is well. No wonder that USA is the one nuked Japan.

Koreans are offended by it

@@ceelee5850 Why ?

@@disoneleg Because that flag have had and still used as a Japanese army which is actually a illegal.

That’s the way I see the black-white-red flag of the German Empire. For some reason, here in Germany, it is associated with Nazism and racism. Personally, I see no issue with it. It is the flag that unified Germany after decades of consisting of bickering nation-states. It showed a rebirth of Germany as a whole, after the decline and fall of the incompetent and falling-apart Holy Roman Empire. It should be revered as the flag that unified Germany. Shame on those that misuse it, but can we really let such a small minority of racist neo-Nazis ruin our nation’s heritage and perception of the past? There is such a despicable shame-culture here in Germany; if anything isn’t 100% politically correct, you get shot down as if you were a Nazi. I hate it, I really do. It’s all in the name of freedom, but it’s more oppressive than any other regime in Germany. You can’t even show patriotism without being questioned on whether or not you’re a fucking neo-Nazi. That flag was practically replaced by the Swastika, and Hitler didn’t even like the German Empire or emperor. He barred people from going to Wilhelm II’s funeral. Yet, apparently this flag is “racist?” I would love to bring back this flag, to show my people that there is nothing inherently wrong with it. If it’s bad, then the Union Jack, Stars and Stripes, or you-name-it, are ten times worse. The idea of “history is written by the victors” is very debatable. But socially, I believe that it is very true, considering the victors fly their flags with no shame, but actually pride, whereas we must put down ours with shame.

@@Vaterlandstreuer While I can't see why the German Empire's flag is controversial, I think it isn't used officially because it was for the German Empire, not the German Republic.

Io I can understand that entirely. I simply believe that we shouldn’t distance ourselves from the past because of incorrect associations, and we should embrace our heritage. Does the flag say „This flag only usable for empire?“ No. Hell, the Japanese still use their flag. Including the „Rising-Sun Flag“ for their navy. They’re not ashamed of it. And that was infamously flown during the time of fascist Japan, which committed numerous war crimes, on the level of Nazi Germany. So why should we be ashamed of a flag that has practically nothing to do with war crimes or anything shameful, not that that would matter, since a flag has nothing inherently wrong with it?

@@Vaterlandstreuer the destruction of the heritage is a disgrace I've heard some people have so Mutch shame cast upon them that thay have themselves sterilized which in it's self is genocide. It has to stop

Chris Lates Yes, it’s absolutely terrible. The last surviving relatives of Hitler‘s bloodline (not even direct descendants of his, by the way) are determined to not have children because their great-brother-in-law was Hitler. What do they have to do with Hitler? Nothing. What do their would-be children have to with Hitler? Nothing. They could’ve changed their name, as if that was even necessary. Instead, they’re basically going to kill their own family because of their great-brother-in-law. It’s pathetic, completely illogical, and outright sad and shameful that they would do this. I harbor no shame for the actions of my ancestors. They did what they did. Doesn’t matter if they believed in the cause. Doesn’t matter if they didn’t. I am not associated with them. From what I know they did not support the anti-Semitic parts of the Third Reich, but rather supported a strong Germany. Does it matter either way? Nope. Because I am NOT them. I am someone else. With my own thoughts, my own feelings, ambitions, hopes, dreams, goals, beliefs, strengths, and so on. I will not shame myself for something I have nothing to do with. Sadly, many of my countrymen and -women do not think as I do. Instead, they help the „de-nazification“ process, which, at this point, is more of a de-Germanisation process. Patriotism is grounds for being called a neo-Nazi. Not being super-liberal, socialist, and globalist is seen as „Nazist.“ It’s sad that Germany carries the legacy of a terrible time that ended 75 years ago. We should free ourselves from these self-applied shackles and start thinking about what would actually be good for this country, instead of self-loathing.

This flag is the 1880's first written in Japanese navy. From the Navy, the Army and the Japanese Army began to use.The Japanese always say that the Rising Sun Flag means a good thing, but Hakenkreuz also means symbol of luck. And used in the Asuka period in japan you mentioned is clearly different from the shape of the Rising Sun Flag. In addition, Japan's Rising Sun Flag was clearly used militarily and politically. The Rising Sun Flag used in the Pacific War. Japan until now not to apologize properly while slaughtering a huge number of people, and always emphasizes that Japan seems to be a victim of a nuclear bomb rather than causing damage even though it caused World War II. Of course i don’t want to fight you, but I wanted to tell you exactly what Koreans and Chinese say

@@jadenlee7506 I think you love so much about the rising sun flag because you studied so hard about it. How much do you love that flag?😂 Are you 츤데레? P.S World War 2 was started and caused by Germany, not Japan. Learn history going back to elementary school 바보🤞🥺

@@dragonesryan282 남은 까고싶고 아는건없고 ㅋ 키보드 워리어 딱 너수준 그이하 개가 짖어봐라 누가 보나 ㅋ

@@jadenlee7506 You Korean always run away to using Korean language when it comes to getting at the core of the matter. To tell you the truth, you love so much about the rising sun flag while saying "the rising sun flag is Hakenkreuz!" alone. Be honest 츤데레.

@@dragonesryan282 Hahaga, you never told me the core of the matter. Is the core of your matter ‘츤데레’?If you want to get an answer from me, ask me a real question not bullshit

well it not swastika but it more like old american flag or the Confederate flag... it had too strong of military design... not very useful for peace when they don't want to remember them... PTSD and shit...

@@campkira What PTSD, the vast majority of the people who can actually associate the flag with horror are dead or so far gone into senility it is practically the 1940s all over again.

Isnt the eisernes kreuz (iron cross) banned or at the least not used by the bundeswehr as an award anymore?

@@kgbcommitteeforstatesecuri3315 No the Iron Cross it literally the official symbol of the Bundeswehr. i think you mean the balkenkreuz(beam cross) which isnt banned or so but not used idk why cause it actually looks better and more modern

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I am a Singaporean and I find that offensive. What the f is wrong with moe

Dangerous Sir Kiwi wait seriously? That’s...kinda cool i wish they did that in my history class,closest we did was our teacher locking us out of our class to simulate the French 3rd Estate being locked out of the Estates general. But singing a song that was an anthem of your occupying nation to simulate life during occupation sounds way cooler. Props to your history teacher

@@meklavier4664 No not really we weren't really forced to sing it though and the idea was from my history teacher

@@aperson7645 yep, seriously.

When I looked at that flag, I don’t a flag hanging. I see is my great grandfather being slaughtered while the devils laugh around his corpse.

@@shawnofdanaukota3843 ohhhh watch out! The Japanese Internet fascists might come in and try to justify their war crimes as “well China is worse” despite them being the ones who made modern China!

@@officalkingkrab1912 wow japan made china?

@@Pepe-dq2ib yes, the Chinese communist party only won the Chinese civil war and replaced the Republic of China because of Japanese invasions into China, Mao himself even said he couldn’t have taken control of China if the Japanese didn’t rape, murder, and enslave the Chinese at the time. So yes, the big scary monster that is the CCP, it’s Japan’s Frankenstein. Now the republic of China is nothing more but a husk on the island of Taiwan. The Japanese government barely touches upon the Second World War, and thus the Japanese people know very little of the events that led up to the creation of their modern rival. I think education on the subject and time period could go a long way in mending relations between the two nations.

Japan's rising sun flag, German Empire's flag, Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht Commander flag, and the US Confederated flag all look pretty cool. I'm not a Nazi or a white supremacist, I just think they look like pretty cool flags. I also think the Union Jack and the USSR flag looks pretty cool also.

Wait japan was fascist too??

@@brutal4341 in the game you can change their alignment

@@brutal4341 during ww2 yes

@@brutal4341 no, Italy was fascist.

@Paultry Paul it's a misconception, Japanese never saw themselves a superior race ,they marely wished the westerner saw them as their equal, as a matter of fact the Japanese propose in the league of nation that all race must be equal as the league's principle but this was brutally rejected by the British and the American, both of them twisted this logic by making the Japanese looks diregarding other race as propoganda

@Uncle Ho international？ where is that? It's only some peninsula. for US military and some allies, Japan was an enemy in the last war, however they have drills with Japanese SDF with this flag and I don't know their complaints.

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This video is full of mistakes. From Japan

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本当ですな

I don’t get how Australia get so close to Japan now, even when America force Korea to be friend with Japan they still hate each other

@@williamwang3729 It was just war, nothing personal; we've fought lots of wars, even amongst our own peoples from time to time, if we held a grudge against every one we had ever fought we'd hate virtually every person who walks the earth. Hatred and animosity may be reasonable during times of war, but once the war is over, it's time to move on; it's a regular occurrence throughout history that today's enemy becomes tomorrow's ally and today's ally becomes tomorrow's enemy.

Costa Keith I got where you come from, but a lot of Chinese and Korean family lost their friends and families by the Japanese empirical army, and they should be held accountable (which they didn’t, U.S. let a lot war criminals lose in order to make Japan a U.S. ally that can counter Chinese and Russian influence.

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Yeah I also don’t have personally problem with Nazi symbol. So I can use Nazi symbol in personal. But I didn’t use that symbol. Cuz I respect the soldiers that defending from Nazi in WW2. But many westerners don’t think about it the same way about rising sun flag. I think if you respect your grand father and your grand uncle, then you have to think the same way as them.

*Civ6 gamers who play Japan joined the game*

I live in Australia though which was attacked by the Japanese sure were weren't dominated by japan but POWs still were treated poor and personally I think they should able to fly what ever flag they want it's not symbolic of oppression people need to grow up. It has much more cultural significance to just be discarded after a few short years of dark history, if every country changed their flags after every wat the get into they run out of creative ideas.

You do know the swastika comes from Buddhism, so thinking its a western symbol just shows its you who lives in a bubble.

@@profile1172 it was present in Indo-European cultures as well in ancient history. It has also been depicted slightly different depending what culture and era it was being used.

@@michael3088 you literally explained why your point is worthless, Australia didn't face the atrocities china and Korea faced that were committed by the Japanese so of course you don't find it offensive.

i saw a t-shirt of ronald mcdonald looking like adolf hitler with the stache and swastika in hong kong

@CockSlicet Its nonsense though since they used the hinomaru on campaign as well. The US doesn't care about the flag and they were the main adversaries of the IJN.

@CockSlicet They do use it, and will tell you to stuff it otherwise. It is not them with the problem, it's people like you with the problem. You can't hold today's Japan responsible for what it had done then. People in the West may like being bent over for their past - we've not went as far as the Romans yet, perhaps do what ISIS did, start removing Roman history - at the rate the West is going, they'll be doing that sooner or later.

@CockSlicet well, sorry I just wanted to give some explanation.

@CockSlicet who cares what they did. It should be forever flown, China is a threat and japan should scare them off with war flags

@CockSlicet its not dumb actuly if my calculations are correct, that flag is the same as a union jack. Thats true. It is a symbol of royalty and the signature of a army. Nothing more nothing less. I belive japan should be allowed a army again and start stopping China. Do u know how much blood British have spilled? Lots of French and Spanish sunk. And lots of cities burned! But I don't care what British did then! I don't care what japan did then! I acknowledge it happened. But I don't care because japan is not the same as before, same that British ain't the same They still embody the traditions of yesturday, but they are evolved (both countries have) I don't care about ur petty racist Asian grudges you hold against Japanese (people protesting flag outside japan) If it wasn't for Japan being in way of China China would continue to sink civilian ships

typical Pinoy self hate

@@joshzhang7041 I’m sure they’re just clueless what that means, I’ve seen some confederate flags too. They might’ve thought the thing just looks nice to add as decorations so why not.

​@@mjolninja9358 .... They probably find them aesthetically cool but I don't think there are many other nations out there who would put the rising sun flag as a decor after the Japanese killed 1+ million of their grandparents and also massacred their capital. There's also the online stereotype/meme that Pinoys hate themselves.

Draco Distortion , bet it looked hella cool tho

A Canadian fighter in the UFC (Georges St. Pierre) walked out to the cage wearing the same thing. At least you were a kid, lol

If you weren’t a kid they will definitely a fight breakout, for Chinese and Koreans it’s like wearing swstika on you

@K B 그냥 님이 무식한듯

@K B then you should be ashamed of your self, you know nothing about this unbelievably important part of your countries history,

But I don't understand.. why would Japan still use the rising sun flag when other countries feel offended???

​@@Name-uc3ck Who gives a shit about our enemies.

@@flyveto457it’s because Japan hasn’t apologized for all the atrocities they did, such as forcing women and girls into prostitution, and denies TO THIS DAY any wrong doing

The Japanese rising sun is a military flag and the Nazi swastika is a party flag. The German military flag during ww2 was the Iron Cross, which is still used by the German army today.

And if imperialist nations are not allowed to use the flag of their time, then the British should quit using the Union Jack right now. They ruled their colonies under that flag for hundreds of years.

@@user-qm7jw It's not right to think that someone can do it and do it

The flag has been used since centuries

Italy was part of the Axis and still uses the same flag, but nobody seems to care.

1999 according to this very video

You can't get more Japanese thab that.

suicide over flag use..... tantrum maxima.

@fjf sjdnx the teacher died with his/her principle. Life without purpose is nothing. The teacher decided his/her purpose is for Japanese Nationalism, now whether it was right or wrong is up to personal preference but I wouldnt definitely say it was a waste of human life.

@@mosesracal6758 dying for a flag is a waste of life

Saintjacktar I’m British and not in the military but I agree with you seeing the rising sun flag makes me feel angry. After what they did to our lads on the Thai-Burma railway or at the Sandakan death march.

Can’t we say the same about both the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes

@@commando4481 So do I, as a Southeast Asian person, be angry with your flag?

Rising sun flag is war criminal flag.... It was a good thing in the past, but now(At Japanese empire or whatever) it changed

R sounds like d in Japanese right?

@@R0DBS2 It can sound like a D depending on the person and the dialect. I like to describe it as a D, L & R sound combined

@@mossy_6475 okay

@@mossy_6475 it almost sounds like du but the d is rolled and isn’t as harsh as an American D

You are on Indian military watch list now

It's not swastik .....Swastik is a Sanskrit word and it's extremely sacred in Hinduism... Hitler never called it swastik ..he called it 'heukenkraus' or hooked cross

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This is why the neighbors are just playing stupid about Japan not apologizing properly like Germany. The American occupation didn't dismantle the Japanese goverment like nazi German goverment. To replace it with a new goverment.

And the British Union Jack, French Tricolore, American Stars and Stripes technically had the same meaning.

True. It upsets me everytime that people connect it with that. I think the logo of the Taisei Yokusankai is more like the asian nazi-swastika. It's just like with the imperial german flag. I can't openly show it because people connect it with nazism or right wing groups.

Haken Kreuz is a political party flag that shows the Aryans' superiority, but the Rising sun flag is a military flag, and its origin is the universal civilian sun belief. There is no problem. www.mofa.go.jp/files/000481576.pdf

even then, the swastika is also a religious symbol from South Asia that has been tarnished by the Nazi image, so there’s really a lot of nuance here when it comes to symbol comparison.

Oh yeah definitely. As a chinese, can tell from experience that they’re also miffed af seeing it. Unlike in other nations however, China has rampant nationalism bc of their communist government’s brainwashing.

You have a good point but I still think that the Japanese military should at least try to respect the locals if they very well aware of their history

sorry, changing flag can't solve your problem

Agreed , it's called striking colors. And is a sign of surrender.

They could fly their official national flag. Considering the history and atrocities committed under the rising sun flag in korea and china, the koreans are absolutely justified in their request that the japanese not fly it. I'm totally on their side. Like if they can't even swallow their pride and admit to their own history on a joint, supposedly peace keeping, practice in korea, then they can fuck right off... and i'm not even korean.

@@datnguyenthe8300The army used a different Rising Sun flag with the sun centered in the middle. The current one, which was previously used by IJN, is off to the side; it's a subtle difference but they're not the same flags and, to my knowledge, the IJN wasn't a large user of war crimes or abuse like the IJA was.

@@datnguyenthe8300 UK still use the damn Union Jack flag to this day and no one able to force them to take it down nor the Britts want it down.

South African story is the future of the native peoples of Europe and north America.

KillKa it already happened in North America where almost all of the native Americans were killed off along with Australia.

It looks like shit

@@dreadhead5719 That was inevitable. There was no way to meet them without tens of millions dying from disease. If the Ming dynasty landed in America first the same thing would happen. Besides North America was essentially empty forests and plains with natives living in them, so European colonisation was for the better.

@@mooph_ No it's not, this wave of immigration is hopefully temporary. Besides there isn't infinite money and land for European governments to provide, and the EU has made it pretty clear that it won't fall bullying tactics from the Turkish government.

In Korea, the rising sun flag feels as the Nazi symbol is for Europeans.

@@user-ec5dn3en9ein China too

Less cruel than China Less cruel than America is for freedom Fought We Japan Our justice We Japan

@@user-ed8wc1yr8s Isn’t it monitored under the US though?

@@user-ed8wc1yr8s funny how you mention cruelty...... fooling no one , strangely pacifist since you were handed your arses following dishonourable acts during ww2....

Yeah the artwork really captures it I always find!

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CEKROM and they are trying to cover it up!

@@holeshe If Japan wants to cover this picture, then there hasn't been an internet, but thanks for make me laugh hard

@@No_Anime_No_Life. what Timothy is referring to is Japan trying to cover it up in the history it try to teach their own people. The Japanese are being taught that world war 2 is an attempt for Japan to liberate all the people of western colony and forging closer economical ties

No one realized they were still using it I guess. TBH i think we should nuke them one more time I think they forgot we beat them out of that flag.

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The Rising Sun Flag is also used as a flag to teach the land when fishermen have a big catch. It is also used for baby gifts. It's not the flag of war.

@@user-is4vi2el5e The Rising Sun Flag is the flag of war of japan. But Japan nationalists who refute japan's WWII war crimes, have promoted its use after the war, to gain common acceptance.

As a Korean, I want to talk to you. Koreans don't actually know what the Rising Sun Flag is like, but they are opposed in that it was used as a symbol of militarism. Obviously, it is true that the mesh or media acts stimulatingly in Korea, and it is true that there is an extreme Korean that you said because they hate Japan politically or blindly. However, it is true that problems have arisen since you colonized Korea in the first place. After occupying it by force, it committed things such as exploitation of human resources, slaughter, and national extinction, and after World War II, it was divided into the United States and the Soviet Union, and the Korean War broke out. Of course, you can't look good from a Korean perspective. Of course, it is also true that the Japanese government officially apologized like Konodamhwa. But Japanese military sexual slavery and laborers who people's issues and not seen as a sincere apology to Yasukuni Shrine to honor their war crimes. You said that the relationship between Korea and Japan is important. On the one hand, don't Koreans say they are fanatic and blame Korea unconditionally? When I talk to Japanese people about these issues, Everyone says it's in the past and everyone says it's anti-Japanese agitation.

Do you think we're acting noisy to you unlike other countries? What do you think it would be like if you guys were us? Is it right for you to forget about it and shut up quietly?

Rising Sun Flag ≠ Haken Kreuz. Haken Kreuz = Imperial Rule Assistance Association flag. Rising Sun Flag = Iron Cross. Although Hakenkreuz was abolished in Germany, the Iron Cross is still in use. The Imperial Rule Assistance Association flag has been abolished in Japan, but the Rising Sun Flag is still in use. I think that is the reason why the Rising Sun Flag is not abolished. I would like to exchange opinions once about what Koreans think and what Japanese people think. I would like to exchange opinions peacefully rather than in a quarrel.

@@heiwa_is_best Good idea. Nice to talk to you. It is certain that the Rising Sun Flag is not a good image in Korea. In fact, it is rare for Koreans to know what the Rising Sun Flag is like in Japan, but it is true that there is no way they would like the flag used by the former Japanese Empire in Korea. According to the opinions of people who hate the Rising Sun Flag, I heard that it should be banned because it was the main culprit of the Pacific War after the Japanese army took over the Japanese regime in a coup in the past. Good idea. Nice to talk to you. It is certain that the Rising Sun Flag is not a good image in Korea. In fact, it is rare for Koreans to know what the Rising Sun Flag is like in Japan, but it is true that there is no way they would like the flag used by the former Japanese Empire in Korea. According to the opinions of people who hate the Rising Sun Flag, I heard that it should be banned because it was the main culprit of the Pacific War after the Japanese army took over the Japanese regime in a coup in the past. Originally, I had the same idea as above, but from the Japanese side's point of view, I think Japan's position is well-founded, so I'm still thinking about it. If the Rising Sun Flag should be banned, Belgium, France, and Britain, the same colonial empires in the past, are also logic that flags should be banned, so it seems too complicated. Recently, I don't think Japan clearly expresses its position in Korea. I think Japan doesn't apologize like Germany. But because of that, I think there are cases where Korea treats Japan too emotionally.

@@user-hq1qp6di1u Japanese here and what I would like to say is that we *never* "colonized" Korea. Please learn your history and you will find out that your royals at the time left your people and Japan with no choice but to let Japan "adopt" you. Basically, what happened was we fought a war with Russia to *make Korea independent* from China (or the Great Qing Empire, because we didn't want their influence so close), and that didn't go well. After we won the war and made Korea an independent state, your royals didn't know what to do to keep the country running, and your government was a *total chaos with the most corrupted officers* on Earth. Gojong, or the Emperor Gwangmu, *refused to modernize* and ordered to kill people who held the idea. Your government at the time *failed in everyway* you could imagine: they were *corrupted* , secretly *allowed people to make fake money* by selling secret permits. They also betrayed Japan & UK & every other country who were actually trying to help your country to get on your feet. Gojong secretly asked Russia for help to get rid of Japan so he can restore power, and this made everyone furious. *Sarcastically, Russia actually turned against Gojong* after his got busted, because one random crazy korean guy *murdered our prime minister* Hirofumi Ito, and the Russians didn't want any problem on that shit. Japanese people *were sympathetic* to Korean people, however, we totally lost hope when we found out that your Emperor had just betrayed us, and what he did wasn't even for your own interest. Then, after all trials have failed and everyone lost all hope in your royals and your government, *Japan, UK and US talked to each other and decided* it's best for Japan to make the annexation. I know you may argue that no country will be "nice" enough to help a country out of total courtesy, well, of course we had our own interest. We had several concerns: 1. The fact your country did not have a functional government made it *hard for us to trade with you* . 2. The fact your government allowed people to make fake money caused a *financial disaster* . Your country literally had to adopt Japanese Yen just to have some working currency. 3. Your government was never one piece and was always fighting internally, which led to a ton of diplomatic betrayal. Several incidents almost *put us into the danger of war* for some total nonsense. For all the reasons and circumstances above, *WE HAD TO MAKE YOUR COUNTRY STABLE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER* . We tried to help you establish a new working government, and that failed, which just *left us no choice* . And there you have the annexation. The annexation was *well accepted* by the international community at the time.

rising flag is used in not only military but also private

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I was going to say the same thing. This flag has been flown on Japan's Naval Ship docked in Australian ports in recent years. Its not Japan's national flag, it is Japan's "self defence" force flag.

Our navy flag has been the same since 19th century. But the Army regimental flags use 8 stripes.

I don't know what f*k shit faith it is, but if someone is carrying it in China, I will punch him.

Says a person who has never been to China and will never be...

@@leogogo7041 Have it your way!

@@mousammallik7526 ???

@@raihis1313 It is not only used by the military. It is used in every situation. It is also raised when the fisherman goes out to the sea. The Rising Sun Flag has existed long before the army was formed in Japan. Find out more about it yourself.