🇯🇵 Flag: Japan emoji

The flag of Japan, an East Asian island nation known for its technological advancement and rich cultural heritage. The flag, called the Nisshōki or Hinomaru, features a red circle (representing the sun) on a white background. The red sun symbolizes brightness, sincerity, and warmth, while white represents honesty and purity.

Japan is known for its technological innovation, efficient manufacturing, anime and manga culture, traditional arts including tea ceremony and martial arts, unique blend of ancient traditions and modern technology, beautiful cherry blossoms 🌸 Cherry blossom, cuisine including sushi, economic powerhouse status, and cultural exports that have influenced the world.

This emoji is used to represent Japan in discussions about East Asian affairs, technology, anime culture, or when referencing Japanese traditions, cherry blossoms, sushi 🍣 Sushi, martial arts, technological innovation, and Japan's unique cultural contributions to global entertainment and lifestyle.

Could also be called Japanese flag, Japan country flag, Nisshōki, Hinomaru or Rising Sun flag emoji.

Other meanings

East Asia, technological innovation, anime culture, cherry blossoms, traditional arts, sushi

Example Usage

The cherry blossom season in 🇯🇵 attracts visitors from around the world

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with a white background and a red circle (sun) centered on it.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

Flag emojis are often drawn as a "wavy rectangle" with flat vertical lines and curved horizontal lines representing a flag in the wind. Some emoji sets use standard rectangles, rectangles with curved corners or circles.