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The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner with a red circle at its center. The flag is officially called the Nisshōki but is more commonly known in Japan as the Hinomaru . It embodies the country's sobriquet: the Land of the Rising Sun.

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1180The Genji (Minamoto clan) used a white flag with a red circle during the Genpei War (1180–1185).
1185The Genpei War, where the white flag with a red circle was used, concluded.
28 June 1575During the Battle of Nagashino, Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu's forces fought Takeda Katsuyori.

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