Why does South Korea resolutely boycott Japan’s “Rising Sun Flag” from entering the Tokyo Olympics?

The Rising Sun Flag was used during World War II and is a symbol of war. Therefore, South Korea firmly resists the Japanese Rising Sun Flag from entering the Olympic Games. During World War II, Japan used the rising sun flag as a symbol of militarism. Japan's aggressive behavior has brought a lot of suffering to many countries, and the rising sun flag is also a symbol of national suffering.

The Rising Sun Flag, also known as the Japanese military flag, is a flag with a pattern of red sun and rising sun rays. It is the military flag used by the original Japanese army and the current Japan Self-Defense Force. During the Second World War, during the Chinese Anti-Japanese War (1931-1945) and during World War II, Japanese soldiers held the Rising Sun Flag, burned, killed, and looted. Therefore, the Rising Sun Flag was regarded as a symbol of provocation and was regarded as offensive to the Japanese militarism. symbol of ism.

On September 3, 2019, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee announced that it would allow the "Rising Sun Flag" to enter the 2020 Olympic Games, and gave the reason: "The Rising Sun Flag is widely used in Japan. "We believe that the flag itself will not become political propaganda, so we do not intend to consider it as an item that should be prohibited." Previously, the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of the Korean National Assembly proposed to the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee that it should be banned. Measures to bring the Rising Sun Flag into athletic venues. Because national symbols such as the Japanese flag are associated with Japanese fascism in people's minds, it was not until 1999 that the Japanese Parliament passed a law confirming that the "Nichisho Flag" is the national flag of Japan.

Japan really should not carry the Rising Sun Flag at the Olympics. The Rising Sun Flag is a symbol of militarism and also violates the spirit of the Olympics, so South Korea boycotted it.