That is what's happening with Japan's rising sun flag and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. And the strongest criticism is from South Korea - where some politicians even compare it to the Nazi swastika.

Born in Tokyo to a Korean father and a Japanese mother, judoka Huh Mi-mi now wears the South Korean flag with pride. Competing in the women's -57 kilograms, Huh has excelled since deciding to ...

The unified flag shows the Korean peninsula in blue on a white background. The KPC said the North wanted the South's Dokdo (called Takeshima by Japan) islands, which Japan claims, on the flag ...