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Mar 27, 2013
Ex-judo gold medalist Yamashita selected to spearhead efforts to end abuse
Former Olympic gold medalist Yasuhiro Yamashita will assume the responsibility for eradicating abuse within the All Japan Judo Federation, the body decided Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 18, 2013
JOC report brands judo coach 'sadist'
A Japanese Olympic Committee probe concludes that 15 elite female judoka suffered a 'grave injustice' from the physical and verbal abuse inflicted by their former coach.
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Mar 15, 2013
Tanabe to be named women's judo head coach
Masaru Tanabe, the acting head coach of the Japanese women's judo team, will be promoted to the job on a full-time basis, the All Japan Judo Federation said Thursday.
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Mar 5, 2013
Judo coaches changed minds over planned resignations
Japan's acting head coach of the women's judo team and two assistants, who were planning to quit in a show of protest, decided to stay on Monday after the All Japan Judo Federation suggested it would lift reprimands issued to them in connection with a scandal related to the abuse of 15 judoka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 17, 2013
Judo scandal casts doubt on Olympic bid
News stories don't exist in a vacuum. What often makes them "news" is a confluence of factors that provide a context of interest. Though the public thinks the current story about 15 female judo athletes (jūdōka) demanding fundamental changes to the way the national team is structured and run is a self-contained...
Japan Times
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Feb 12, 2013
Judoka Tachimoto takes third gold for women's team in Paris Grand Slam
Megumi Tachimoto won the women's over-78 kilogram gold medal on the final day of the Paris Grand Slam on Sunday.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 5, 2013
Judo exec who hired abusive coach resigns
The high-ranking judo official who appointed abusive national women's coach Ryuji Sonoda resigns.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 5, 2013
Abused judoka won't stop at one resignation, lawyer warns
The female judoka who allege they were abused in Olympic training want the All Japan Judo Federation to overhaul its entire staff, not just one coach, their lawyer warns.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 2, 2013
Women's judo coach resigns over abuse of athletes
Ryuji Sonoda, head coach of the national women's judo team, submitted his letter of resignation Friday to the All Japan Judo Federation to take responsibility for physically abusing team members during practice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2013
Judo champ jailed for raping student
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Masato Uchishiba is sentenced to five years in prison for raping a female member of a university judo club in 2011 in Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Feb 1, 2013
End the abuse of athletes
Fifteen of Japan's top female judo athletes, including Olympic contenders, should be praised for standing up against coaching violence and harassment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 1, 2013
Judo coach to resign over alleged beatings
Women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda announced Thursday that he plans to resign in light of allegations that he physically abused members of the Olympic team during training.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 1, 2013
Two sides to corporal punishment practices in Japan
The December suicide of an Osaka high school basketball team captain who had been physically punished by his coach cast a harsh light on corporal punishment in Japan, and this week's admission by the All Japan Judo Federation that Olympic female judoka had been physically abused and harassed by their...
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 1, 2013
Zaccheroni shocked at judo scandal
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has spoken of his shock upon learning that 15 top female judo wrestlers, some of them London Olympians, were slapped, beaten with wooden swords and told to "die" by their head coach Ryuji Sonoda.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2011
Sumo climbing back
The match-fixing scandal that came to light this year has cost the Japan Sumo Association a lot in several ways. Seven wrestlers in the makuuchi division and 10 in the juryo division have been driven out of the sumo world. The JSA was forced to give up on holding the Spring and Summer Grand Sumo Tournaments...
EDITORIALS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Apr 12, 2011
Reconstruction after the disaster
A month has passed since the massive quake and tsunami on March 11 devastated the pacific coastal area of the Tohoku region. Some 13,000 people perished and about 14,500 people are missing. Some 148,000 evacuees remain at temporary shelters. It is unlikely that the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co's...
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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