Individually, Japan's judoka couldn't be stopped across seven days of Olympic competition at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan.
But as a group they finally met their match against France in the mixed team event on Saturday, falling in the gold medal bout by a score of 4-1.
Japan ends the Olympics with nine gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in the judo in Tokyo — a record haul since it became an Olympic event for men in 1964 and for women in 1992.