However, for the two Koreas, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and other Asian nations, it is a symbol of the war atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the past. That is why flying the flag at the ...

More than 170 Japanese immigrants in Brazil were forcibly incarcerated in ... to step on a photo of Emperor Hirohito or the rising sun flag. Many of them obeyed the order but more than 150 ...

The Brazilian government on Thursday apologized for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of Japanese immigrants in the years after World War II. “I want to apologize on ...

Brazil hosts the largest Japanese community outside Japan. In the early 20th century, Brazil needed labour. Japan faced population pressures. The Kasato Maru arrived in 1908 with immigrants.

The board approved the apology plea in a session in Brasilia attended by members of the Brazilian government and prominent members of the Japanese community. Flags of both countries were displayed ...