And anyone who was here on this sun-drenched morning will never forget the Japanese flags.

The deep orange light streaming in through the bubble turned his round face into a rising sun, straight off the Japanese flag.

All over the city, as if on cue, Japanese flags appeared, seemingly from nowhere.

Just a handful of Japanese flags and signs could be spotted in the stands.

The Japanese flag is on his sleeve and his helmet.

At a rally, members of 19 groups burned a Japanese flag in effigy.

The protesters threw fish and burned Japanese flags to voice their anger.

The head of ceremonies asks everyone to stand and bow towards the Japanese flag.

Two days later, he was formally charged with possession of a Japanese flag.

Much later, climbers found the Japanese flag that he left at the summit.