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Unlike Nazi Germany's use of their swastika logo, or perhaps the Confederate battle flag, the "rising sun" motif has a very long traditional history in Japan easily stretching back hundreds of years. Possibly more. Unlike the other two examples it's not like it was invented specifically to be the logo of a group of shitheads, it just happened to be a logo that was already available that some shitheads used for a while. Confederates like to try clam that their flag is "heritage." By contrast, the Japanese legitimately probably could.
The modern incarnation was adopted in 1870 or something. That predates WW2 by just a wee bit. IIRC it's still used by the modern Japanese navy (or "Self Defense Force," as they're called).