Meanwhile, a parliamentary committee for sports said it was "akin to a symbol of the devil to Asians and Koreans, just like the swastika is a symbol of Nazis which reminds European of invasion of horror". But the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which outlines the laws of the game, says the ball is only out of play when “it has wholly passed over the goal line or touchline on the ground or in the air. Complaints from the Israeli media have been received with mockery, with some pointing to the long list of Palestinian journalists Israel has abused, arrested and killed, including Al Jazeera’s reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Japan roars back and advanced to the round of 16 on Thursday as they beat 2010 champions Spain by 2-1.Yet even though the rising sun flag has a longer history, "no-one in Japan uses the rising sun flag for any purpose other than romanticising and rewriting the horrible human rights abuses committed under the Japanese empire," argues Koichi Nakano, professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo. The result leaves both teams on three points after two games, with Spain - who still top the group on goal difference - facing Germany later on Sunday (19:00 GMT).

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CNN witnessed Kunkel being allowed through, though the 23-year-old German was again taken to one side.The European Olympic Committees (EOC) is a non-profit association that proudly represents the 50 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Europe. In former Japanese occupied countries, the rising sun flag symbolizes Japanese imperial aggression and war crimes. Reporting directly to the EOC Executive Committee, the CEO will be responsible for the day-to-day management, financial oversight, and operational excellence of the organization.

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While the Germany match kicked off at 10pm local time on Wednesday, the time difference will be kinder to Japanese fans when their team meet Costa Rica early on Sunday evening. Tokyo Sports, meanwhile, noted that the team had again become the talk of the tournament, days after their shock 2-1 win against Germany, who failed to get out of their World Cup group stage for the second tournament in a row. Aside from Korean victims, the Japanese army also forced girls from Taiwan, China and the Philippines into the brothels. Ghana's defender John Paintsil (C) steps in between Ghana's defender Isaac Vorsah (L) and Uruguay's striker Luis Suarez (R) during the 2010 World Cup quarter-final football match between Uruguay and Ghana on July 2, 2010 at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, in suburban Johannesburg. Wahl said he was released 25 minutes after being detained and received apologies from a FIFA representative and a senior member of the security team at the stadium.However, they struggled to create clear-cut chances until the 88th minute, when Daichi Kamada could not turn the ball home after a driving Kaoru Mitoma run.

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Among other things, the students argued the design was “making a fool out of South Korea” and “the Rising Sun flag is on par with the Nazi flag. Beneath headlines marking Japan’s “momentous” and “stunning” victory over the four-time World Cup winners, media reports heaped praise on coach Hajime Moriyasu – a member of the team whose dreams had been shattered in Doha 29 years earlier – whose five half-time substitutions proved to be a stroke of genius.The rising sun flag and the Hinomaru motifs were everywhere before and during the war, symbolizing the emerging Japanese empire. A memorial for American journalist Grant Wahl sits in the press area of Al Bayt Stadium on December 10.