Safety guideline for Japanese tourists at the Beijing Olympics
Sound advice from the Japanese Embassy officials in Beijing ….
Japan fans warned not to fly naval flag
Fri Aug 8, 2008 / BEIJING (Reuters) – Japanese fans attending the Beijing Olympics have been advised not to display the country’s “rising sun” naval flag for fear of provoking a backlash from Chinese hosts. The flag is seen by many in Asia as a symbol of Tokyo’s wartime militarism. “We explain in a safety guideline for Japanese tourists coming to see the Olympics that the old military flag may cause trouble…more…
Additional sound advice might include:
—Don’t fly the Confederate flag in front of the national NAACP convention.
—Avoid wearing a swastika pigskin jacket at the Wailing Wall.
For more information see Wikipedia’s article on Japan’s Kyokujitsu-ki/Rising-sun flag and other nationalist symbols.
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August 10th, 2008 at 10:58 am
It’s odd that the German Government never needed to warn their tourists not to fly the swastika!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
okay its fun to flame is it but the similarity suggested is a little off base/ignorant though you will surely find hostility to japan’s national flag in china, leave your gaijin ignorance at the door when discussing world events, dumb no?