With help from volunteer researchers and historians in Japan, she said the OBON Society has returned more than 600 World War II-era Japanese flags to soldiers’ families. She estimates there are ...

A man in New York inherited a "Yosegaki Hinomaru" banner, also known as a good luck flag, from his grandfather — who served the United States during World War II. Scott Stein told Fox News ...

Two Long Island historical memorabilia collectors say they will turn over 41 flags carried by Japanese servicemen in World War II — the only trace of some soldiers whose bodies were never ...

Tsukasa Hiyama, who is holding the flag, poses with his family and community members during the return ceremony. OBON Society During World War II, many Japanese soldiers carried good-luck flags ...

TAKETA CITY, Japan — A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the nephew of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.

Bremyer Formal Surrender of the Japanese Empire on the ... during the September 2, 1945, surrender ceremony Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In the end, the Perry flag was deemed too fragile ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Japanese and American flags flew at half-staff at the home of U.S. Forces Japan on Thursday to mark the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific.

For Scott Stein, the act of returning the flag felt like fulfilling a larger purpose. (Representational) Scott Stein had always admired the Japanese flag that hung in his grandfather's den on Long ...