The law punishes publicly damaging or defacing the national flag, known as "hinomaru". Opponents say the ambiguous law only ...

Japan has enacted a law banning public desecration of the hinomaru. Critics say its vague wording could curb protest and free ...

The new law is part of a campaign by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, to build a more patriotic and ...

The government argues that the law was needed because Japan already criminalised damaging foreign flags but had no equivalent rules covering its own.

Aiming to protect Japan’s honor and the feelings of its citizens, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has started debate on establishing a “crime of flag desecration.” ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, said on March 17 that they would present a law forbidding the ...

A bill to punish desecration of the Japanese national flag is passed by a majority vote in a plenary session of the House of Representatives, while opposition lawmakers' seats, pictured in the ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), along with its coalition partner Japan Innovation Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People, and Sanseito, jointly submitted a bill on ...