War Flag of the Imperial Japanese Army

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  "g": "h,east-asia",
  "ns": "japan-hist",
  "name": "Imperial Rising Sun (Army)",
  "now": "japan",
  "years": "1870–1945",
  "id": "jp-rising-sun-army",
  "index": "c/japan:1870",
  "title": "War Flag of the Imperial Japanese Army",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "cmyk": "0/0/0/0",
      "note": "The nation of Japan."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#bc002d",
      "cmyk": "0/100/76/26",
      "note": "The rising sun with 16 rays, used by the Imperial Japanese Army."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The flag of the Imperial Japanese Army was a red disc with 16 red rays extending to the edges on a white field — the Kyokujitsu-ki (Rising Sun Flag)\n - Used from 1870 until the end of World War II in 1945, the flag remains controversial in East Asia due to its association with Japanese militarism and wartime atrocities\n - **Construction:** a white field with a red disc centred and 16 equally spaced red rays extending from the disc to all four edges. Ratio 2:3",
  "flag": "japan-hist/jp-rising-sun-army.svg",
  "of": {
    "country": "japan"
  },
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Japan",
    "officialName": "Imperial Japanese Army",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "japan-hist/jp-rising-sun-army.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- The Imperial Japanese Army flag featured the rising sun with rays\n - Represents Japanese militarism during WWII\n - Highly controversial due to associations with Japanese imperialism",
  "article": "japan-hist/jp-rising-sun-army.md",
  "_name": "Imperial Rising Sun (Army)",
  "_namespace": "japan-hist",
  "_namePart": "jp-rising-sun-army"
}