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  2. Rising Sun Flag - Wikipedia

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    Naval ensign of Japan. The Rising Sun Flag (Japanese: 旭日 旗, Hepburn: Kyokujitsu-ki) is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. [1] Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the Sun. The flag was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period (1603 ...

  3. Irasutoya - Wikipedia

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    A sign at a park featuring Irasutoya illustrations. In addition to typical clip art topics, unusual occupations such as nosmiologists, airport bird patrollers, and foresters are depicted, as are special machines like miso soup dispensers, centrifuges, transmission electron microscopes, obscure musical instruments (didgeridoo, zampoña, cor anglais), dinosaurs and other ancient creatures such ...

  4. File:Japanese rising sun.svg - Wikipedia

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    The original can be viewed here: Flag of Japan.svg: . Public domain Public domain false false This image of simple geometry is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain , because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

  5. List of animals of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Iriomote cat; Japanese badger; Japanese boar; Japanese Bobtail; Japanese black bear; Japanese dormouse; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel; Japanese giant flying squirrel; Japanese grass vole; Japanese hare; Japanese house bat; Japanese macaque; Japanese marten; Japanese mole; Japanese mountain mole; Japanese raccoon dog; Japanese red-backed vole ...

  6. List of Japanese flags - Wikipedia

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    Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy: Sun disc with 16 rays on a white field, with the disc skewed to the hoist. 1945–present: Ensign of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: Sun disc with 16 rays on a white field, with the disc skewed to the hoist. 1955–1957: Former ensign of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Used from 1955 to 1957. 1957 ...

  7. Flag of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner with a crimson-red circle at its center. The flag is officially called the Nisshōki (日章旗, 'flag of the sun') but is more commonly known in Japan as the Hinomaru (日の丸, 'ball of the sun'). It embodies the country's sobriquet: the Land of the Rising Sun.

  8. Order of the Rising Sun - Wikipedia

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    The Order of the Rising Sun (旭日章, Kyokujitsu-shō) is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, [2] created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. [3] [4] The badge features rays of sunlight

  9. Rising Sun - Wikipedia

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    Rising Sun (badge), an Australian Army badge Rising Sun (character), a comic book character and Japanese superhero from DC Comics Rising Sun (sculpture), a work by Adolph Alexander Weinman for the 1915 international exposition of San Francisco