Twenty years ago, at Shin-Okubo Station on the JR Yamanote Line, scholarships have been awarded through a fund established by parents of Korean students who died after being hit by a train trying to help someone who had fallen from their home. The number of international students exceeded 1000 in 18 days.
Twenty years ago, in January 2001, at Shin-Okubo Station on the JR Yamanote Line, a Korean student, Lee Su-hyun (at that time, 26), joined a Japanese man to help a person who had fallen from his home. All three died after getting off the railroad track and being hit by the incoming train.
Since Lee said he wanted to be a bridge between Japan and South Korea during his lifetime, his parents set up a fund based on sympathy money and gave scholarships to about 50 international students every year. In 18 days, the number reached 1059 in 19 countries and regions, exceeding 1000.
At the award ceremony held in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, mother Shin Yun-chan (Shin Jun-chan), who came to Japan after the relaxation of the border measures for the new coronavirus from this month, attended and said, "A big dream. I hope that everyone who has left their homeland will do their best to make their dreams come true. "
A Korean student who received the scholarship said, "I want to be a bridge with Japan as well as Mr. Lee."