“Korea, forget grace and loyalty”… ‘Baseball legend’ Jang Hoon, belatedly revealed to be naturalized in Japan

Korean-Japanese baseball commentator Jang Hoon is giving a greeting at the E-Land baseball legend Jang Hoon’s collection donation ceremony held in the banquet hall of the Kensington Hotel in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 30th. The items Jang Hoon is donating include about 10 items, including the Yomiuri Giants uniform, belt, gloves, hat, and shoes worn at the Japanese professional baseball first pitch ceremony. Jang Hoon is a Korean-Japanese baseball player who joined the Toei Flyers in 1959 and retired in 1981 after playing for the Yomiuri Giants and Lotte Orions. He holds the records of 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, and 300 stolen bases, the only player in Japanese professional baseball history. 2018.05.30. 【Seoul=Newsis】

Jang Hoon (85), a Korean resident in Japan who set the record for the most hits (3,085) in Japanese professional baseball, belatedly announced that he had become a naturalized Japanese citizen.

In an interview with the Sankei Shimbun on December 29 last year, Jang Hoon said, “This is my first time talking, but I changed my nationality a few years ago. “I am now a Japanese citizen,” he said. He is a second generation Korean-Japanese born in Hiroshima in 1940. Although he has maintained his Korean nationality despite being discriminated against because he is Korean, his naturalization became known through this interview.

Regarding the reason for naturalization, Jang Hoon explained, “At one time, a certain government showed an attitude of ignoring Koreans living in Japan.” He said, “I went (to Japan) of my own will and said I would live well in another country, but that is nonsense,” adding, “Korean residents in Japan did not come because they wanted to. “They came because they were taken to the military or had difficulty making a living,” he pointed out.

He also expressed his disappointment at not being treated properly in Korea. He said, “A few years ago, an official came to me to offer me a commendation for my contribution to the development of the Korean baseball world, but I declined.” In 1982, when Korean professional baseball began, he was appointed as a special assistant to the president of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and served until 2005, but he was never invited to the Korean Series or All-Star Game. He said, “Forgetting grace and loyalty is a bad thing for that country (Korea).” point,” he criticized.

Jang Hoon said, “We must not forget that during the Great Kanto Earthquake (1920), many Koreans were sacrificed due to rumors floating around that they had set fire to it or that it had been poisoned.” However, he expressed the opinion, “As the Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Japanese, I think there will be various opinions, but Korea also received help.”

Tokyo = Correspondent Lee Sang-hoon [email protected]

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