The unquenchable rising sun flag... Tokyo Organizing Committee "It is not a prohibited item"

The rising sun flag, a symbol of Japanese militarism, is expected to cause controversy throughout the Tokyo Olympics.

According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun on the 18th, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said, "The Rising Sun Flag design is widely used in Japan and does not contain political claims." said.

It is interpreted as a story that you may see Japanese spectators waving the Rising Sun flag at stadiums outside the Japanese metropolitan area where spectators are allowed to enter.

The next step of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which promised to the Korean Sports Council to judge the use of the Rising Sun Flag as a violation of Article 50 of the Olympic Charter, which prohibits political, religious, and racial propaganda, draws attention to the next step.

The Athletic Association, which got its idea from Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who defeated the Japanese during the Japanese Invasion, said, 'Sangyu and Twelve Sunsin and Immortality' The cheers and support of the players remain.” A banner was put up on the residential floor of the Korean athletes' village in the Athletes' Village, causing measles.

When the Japanese media and far-right forces strongly objected that it was a political message, and even the IOC demanded that the banner be removed for violating Article 50 of the Olympic Charter, the Sports Council strongly protested to the IOC, saying that the use of the Rising Sun flag is the same if that is the standard.

Eventually, through mutual consultation with the IOC, the Sports Council received the IOC's promise to apply the same standard of violating Article 50 of the Olympic Charter to the Rising Sun Flag, even though the 'General Admiral Yi Sun-sin banner' was down.

However, an official from the Tokyo Organizing Committee reiterated his intention not to block the entry into the stadium, saying, "We do not know the contents of the mutual consultation between the IOC and the Korea Sports Council, but there is no change in the handling policy of the Rising Sun Flag."

As IOC Chairman Thomas Bach said, "It is not good to promote confrontation," whether the IOC will actually stop the use of the Rising Sun Flag has emerged as a key issue.

Lee Ki-heung, president of the Korea Sports Council, said that he would seek a ban on Japan's use of the Rising Sun flag in consultation with China and Russia.