Baseball U18 Japan National Team goes to Korea with “Hinomaru no”
An unusual response in which Japan's national team participating in the World Cup under the age of 18 on the 30th of this month in Korea will enter and leave the country wearing a plain shirt that does not contain Hinomaru, etc. due to the deterioration of Japan-Korea relations. I decided to take Takano Ren = Japan High School Baseball Federation says that “Korean national feelings were taken into consideration”.
The World Cup for baseball players under the age of 18 will start in Kijang near Busan in Busan on the 30th of this month, and the Japanese national team will launch a domestic camp in Tokyo on the 27th and enter Korea on the 28th.
In response to the worsening relations between Japan and South Korea, Mr. Masahiko Takenaka, Executive Director of the Takano Ren-Japan High School Baseball Federation, interviewed the press on the 27th when Hinomaru and "JAPAN" It was clarified that a plain shirt should be worn instead of a representative shirt with a logo.
Normally, when Japanese athletes under the age of 18 go abroad in international competitions, such correspondence is unusual because they wear a representative shirt and enter and leave the country.
In response to the deterioration of Japan-Korea relations, a plain shirt was specially prepared this time. Mr. Takenaka said, “I will stop putting Japan in front, taking into account the Korean national sentiment. “I think it is important to play sincerely because the relationship between Japan and Korea is getting worse and playing sports is different.”