Inspired Life A Japanese flag finally returns home, 80 years after World War II “I started to realize a while back that maybe it wasn’t the best home decor,” said Scott Stein, who donated ...

Allied troops traded for the flags or took them as souvenirs, sometimes from dead Japanese soldiers. More than 50,000 flags are thought to remain in the United States, some in museums and personal ...

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.