London restaurant chain refuses to back down on rising sun flag

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“Sugoi” - a Japanese word used when you might say “wow” in English. And many people were certainly taken aback when they saw London-based restaurant franchise Sugoi JPN using the Japanese rising sun flag. But why does this flag cause so much pain? And how has the restaurant chain responded?

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