Baseball U18 Japan National Team leaves for Korea with a white shirt of “Hinomaru no” August 28th 11:40
The representatives of the Japanese national team who participated in the World Cup under the age of 18 on the 30th in South Korea faced the deterioration of Japan-Korea relations and headed to the site wearing shirts without Hinomaru.
The World Cup for baseball players under the age of 18 will be held in Kijang near Busan, Busan, with 12 countries and regions participating, including the United States aiming for the fifth straight victory and Korea last runner-up. The
Twenty Japanese representatives, including Iwate, the fastest of 163 km, pitcher Aki Sasaki at Ofunato High School and pitcher Ishinokawa Seinotsu High School pitcher Yoshinobu Okugawa, who won second place at Summer Koshien, suffered from the deterioration of Japan-Korea relations. I departed from Narita Airport for Korea wearing a white shirt without the logo.
Takano Ren = Director of the Japanese High School Baseball Federation Masahiko Takenaka said, “Since this is the situation, we decided that it would be better to avoid bringing Japan to the forefront. I think sports and politics are different, but it is better to consider them. I thought. ”
In addition, pitcher Sasaki was able to get blood in the middle finger of the right hand, so for the time being, he decided to adjust without throwing the ball, and said, “I do n’t have any anxiety. Japan will face Spain in the first game after tomorrow.