Controversy over the lyrics of’Across the East Sea’ in the Korean language school song of Kyoto International High School
Right-wing netizens in Japan “Cut diplomatic relations and deprive them of participation right now”
On the 24th, NHK, who broadcasted the first game of the 93rd Japanese Selected High School Baseball Competition (Spring Koshien, 甲子園) live at the Korean national school Kyoto International High School, broadcast the word “East Sea” in the lyrics of the school, and the backlash from the Japanese right-wing netizens is intensifying. .
On this day, according to the tradition of the Koshien Games, NHK relayed the school songs of Kyoto International High School and the other team Shibata High School in Miyagi Prefecture, which resonated after the first episode, all over Japan.
The first foreign school to enter Koshien in the spring, the Korean language school of the Kyoto International High School is “Across the Sea of Japan, Yamato land is a holy dream of our ancestors…” It starts with’.
NHK explained that “The Japanese translation was submitted by the school” as a separate subtitle when the lyrics of “Across the Sea of the East Sea” appearing in the original language of the Kyoto International High School’s teaching song in Korean subtitles. did.
“East Sea” in the articles of Kyoto International High School is a proper noun that refers to the “east sea of the Korean peninsula,” which Koreans know, but in Japanese translation, it is translated as a common noun called the sea of the east.
In response, it is known that Kyoto International High School has denied NHK’s explanation that the school only submitted audio sources and did not submit Japanese translations.
Lee Gyu-seop, head of the Hyogo Prefecture Regional Headquarters of the Republic of Korea in Japan, told Yonhap News that “Kyoto International High School’s advancement to Koshien is a miracle,” and “Japanese Koreans are also happy.”
“The (Japanese) right wing says that it is okay for Korean schools to advance to Koshien on behalf of Kyoto,” he said.
In this day, Kyoto International High School beat Shibata High School in a 5-4 turnaround.
In response, some Japanese netizens said, “Block diplomatic relations! I’m sorry for the young players, but it would be better to deprive them of their participation rights. I hope the Japan High School Baseball Federation will think again.” NHK and the federation must clearly explain to let these mischievous teaching songs flow in the Koshien Stadium.”
Meanwhile, Kyoto International Academy started as Kyoto Chosun Middle School in 1947, and in 1958, it was approved to establish a school corporation, Kyoto Korean Academy, and in 1963, the high school was opened. Following the approval of the establishment of middle schools and high schools by the Korean government, it was also officially approved by the Japanese government in 2003.
Founded in 1999, the Kyoto International High School Baseball Club was founded at the beginning of its establishment, with the majority of baseball inexperienced, so it was impossible to even dream of advancing to Koshien.
Three years later, in 2019, it emerged as a prestigious baseball high in Kyoto, winning the championship in the Spring Regional Games. Shin Sung-hyun of Doosan Bears is also from this school.
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