Kyoto International, which won the national high school baseball tournament for the first time on Friday, is known for its roots as an ethnic school affiliated with South Korea with a current focus on multilingual and intercultural education. At the Kyoto-based school, offering classes in Japanese, Korean and English, 61 out of its 138 students are members of its baseball club. Most of the current and former students are Japanese. The school’s predecessor, Kyoto Chosen Junior High School, was founded in 1947 to provide education to Korean children, who came to Japan due to their parents’ emplo…