Flags / Asia

Flag of Japan

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

White field with a crimson disc in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Japan
UN member state name: Japan
ISO 3166-1 code: JP
Atlas Play pack: Asia

Practise the Asia pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

BangladeshA single disc on a plain field.
South KoreaWhite field with a round emblem in the centre.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Japan (A crimson disc centred on a white field; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/jp.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 080380878c27…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.