Japanese Service Flags

Last modified: 2025-10-18 by zachary harden
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• Harbour Master
• Quarantine Station
• Naval Hospital

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Harbour Master

by Jaume Ollé and António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 August 2025

Quarantine Station

by Jaume Ollé

Naval Hospital

by Jaume Ollé and António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 August 2025

This flag was used by the Japanese Navy from 29 December 1803 until the end of World War II as a red cross flag. It is still used at hospitals in Japan even though no longer used by the Navy.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 22 February 2000