Flag of Japan

Continent

Asia

Capital

Tokyo

Japan is a country in Asia; its capital is Tokyo.

Meaning & history of the Japan flag

Japan's flag, the Nisshoki or Hinomaru, is a single crimson-red disc centred on a white field. The disc represents the sun, fitting for the 'Land of the Rising Sun', and connects to the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu, mythical ancestor of the emperors. White signifies honesty and purity. The design's origins reach back centuries; it was legally fixed in 1999.