Rising Sun
Japan's flag symbol
Rising Sun most often refers to Japan, whose flag displays a red sun and whose name means "origin of the sun." The phrase evokes the sun appearing above the eastern horizon, suggesting dawn, new beginnings, or eastern lands.
The Rising Sun flag—with radiating rays—was Japan's imperial military ensign, now controversial in countries that suffered Japanese occupation.
Land of the Rising Sun.
- morningDay's early hours
- first lightEarliest morning brightness
- rooster crowMale chicken's vocalization
- eastSunrise cardinal point
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
morning glow · light · dawn · Japan · daybreak · new dawn · rebirth · awakening · cherry blossoms · sky · rays · Nippon · red circle · emblem · ukiyo-e · radiance · symbol · colors
- board gamesboard, checkers, Monopoly, chess, shogi
- JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido
- national symbolsnational emblem, national seal, national motto, national colors, national tree
- Axis PowersGermany, Italy, Japan, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan
- Imperial JapanEmperor Hirohito, Hirohito, Meiji, kamikaze, Yamato
- Japanese Empireimperial expansion, Manchuria, Korea, Taiwan, China
Rising Sunsetting sun
Star descending below horizon
sunset · sundown · fading sun · midnight sun
Rising Sunsetting sun
Star descending below horizon
fading star · twilight · dusk · nightfall · decline
Rising SunStars and Stripes
American national banner
Union Jack · Star-Spangled Banner · Western powers · British Empire
rise, sun, sunny, arise, sunset, rising, sunrise, sunlight, sunshine