Japan, IOC urged not to allow “Rising Sun“ flag at Tokyo Olympics

도쿄 올림픽 욱일기 허용...LA 스타디움에 남부연방기 내건 것과 같아 The International Olympic Committee has said recently that it does not plan to stop Japanese fans next year at the Games in Tokyo from flying the so-called Rising Sun flag, a symbol highly offensive to people throughout Asia whose countries suffered under Japanese imperialism. The IOC, so far, has said simply that the Olympics should be free of political statements, and that the flag itself is not inherently political. Our Kim Bo-kyoung takes a closer look at the issue. To people in China, Korea and other countries in Asia, the Rising Sun flag was the symbol of the Japanese Empire as it took over their countries in whole or part in the early 20th century. According to Alexis Dudden,... a historian in the University of Conneticut,... it is both unnecessary and unfortunate t