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Due to the flag being used by the Imperial Japanese military and Japan's actions during WWII,
many Koreans, whose country had been oppressed under Japanese rule, and Chinese find the flag to be
offensive. Because of this, the use of the flag is considered to be controversial.
Although they protest the rising sun flag, no country prohibits from using it by law.
Moreover, the South Korean Navy's position is that there are no problems with the carrying of
the rising sun flag by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warships. It would be an infringement
of sovereignty if the Korean Navy requested to not carry the rising sun flag.
An analysis indicates that Korean reactions to the rising sun flag stem from the complicating emotion
of excessive nationalism and nationalistic complex toward Japan.