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Japanese 'Rising Sun' Flag -- Why It Is Hated In Asia

Japan's national flag is seen at an industrial port in Tokyo
The 2020 Summer Olympics is to be held in Tokyo beginning July 24 through Aug. 9. In September, South Korea requested the Japanese “rising sun” flag be banned from the event and are intensifying their efforts to get Japan to comply.
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Winemaker Klaus Zimmerling dumped a mechanical engineering job and bought a parcel of land on the heights above Dresden

Fall Of Berlin Wall Transformed Fortunes Of Saxony Wine

Klaus Zimmerling was bored with his mechanical engineering job when the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall gave him the impetus to turn his life around."At first I didn't believe it," he said of the momentous event 30 years ago that led to German reunification a year later."Then I slowly realised that things would change and it was the occasion to start something new."Ditching his job in Dresden, he retrained as a winegrower and invested in a parcel of land perched on the heights of the city.

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