A debate has long been raging in pockets of the South over what the Confederate battle flag symbolizes and whether it belongs in public spaces. The Charleston, S.C., shootings have reignited the ...

Daisuke Ogaki, 64, brought the flag, which had been preserved at his home in Tsurugi, Tokushima Prefecture, to the Naruto German House here in May. Riichi Ogaki, his grandfather, never spoke of ...