Japan rocked by bullying scandal after team withdraws from high school baseball tournament

<p>Koryo high pulled out of the popular competition after an outcry over reports that some of its members had bullied a junior player</p><p>One of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan">Japan</a>’s most popular sports tournaments is reeling after the sudden withdrawal of a team whose teenage players have been accused of abusing a younger teammate.</p><p>Koryo high school, which had been representing Hiroshima prefecture in the summer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/22/japans-field-of-dreams-school-baseball-teams-vie-for-koshien-glory">high school baseball championships</a>, announced on Sunday it would no longer take part.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/japan-baseball-bullying-koryo-high-school-tournament-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>