"I'm 'thrilled' that baseball is serving as a bridge between Korea and Japan I'm glad that I can inspire Koreans in Japan"
"I am touched that the children's small efforts can serve as a bridge between Korea and Japan through baseball." Principal Baek Seung-hwan of Kyoto International High School, a Korean school in Japan that won the Japan National High School Baseball Championship, also known as the "dream stage" or "Summer Koshien," met with Korean correspondents