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Jan 12, 2021
Tsukasa Yoshida grabs gold on first day of Doha Masters
Yoshida, the world champion in 2018, beat France's Sarah Leonie Cysique in a tight final.
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Sep 19, 2020
International Judo Federation to pass on holding Tokyo Grand Slam in December
The International Judo Federation has decided not to hold the Tokyo Grand Slam as scheduled from Dec. 11-13 amid coronavirus infection concerns, a source close to the matter told Kyodo News on Saturday.
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May 15, 2020
Japan to keep qualified judo team in place for 2021
Judoka already named to Japan's 2020 Olympic team will not have to qualify again for the games that have been postponed until 2021, the All Japan Judo Federation decided Friday.
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Apr 12, 2020
Ninth member of Japan judo federation tests positive for coronavirus
The infection count at the All Japan Judo Federation is high enough to meet the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's standards for designating an infection cluster.
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Feb 27, 2020
Japan judo federation names bulk of Olympic team
Shohei Ono will grapple for his second straight Olympic gold medal in the men's 73-kg division, this time on home soil, after being named to Japan's judo team for this summer's Tokyo Games on Thursday.
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Dec 14, 2019
Hisayoshi Harasawa earns heavyweight gold as Japan tops World Judo Masters medal tally
Hisayoshi Harasawa was crowned men's heavyweight champion at the World Judo Masters on Saturday as Japan secured the top spot in the medal table.
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Dec 13, 2019
Soichi Hashimoto and Nami Nabekura grab gold at World Judo Masters
Soichi Hashimoto and Nami Nabekura won gold Friday as Japan cemented its place on top of the medal table on Day 2 of the World Judo Masters.
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Dec 12, 2019
Ryuju Nagayama, Ai Shishime earn Qingdao Masters titles
Ryuju Nagayama won the men's 60-kg division in an impressive display Thursday at the Qingdao Masters.
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Nov 24, 2019
Akira Sone becomes first judoka to make Japan's 2020 Olympic team
Akira Sone became Japan's first judoka for next year's Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
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Sep 28, 2019
Longtime judo coach Hiroshi Nakamura to be inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
As a young man, Hiroshi Nakamura left Japan and settled in Canada.
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Sep 1, 2019
Japan captures third straight mixed-team gold medal at world championships
Japan's judoka brought the curtain down on the world championships and brought the home crowd to its feet on Sunday by clinching their third-straight mixed-team gold medal.
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Aug 30, 2019
Shori Hamada, Aaron Wolf reach podium but miss top spots at world championships
Defending champion Shori Hamada settled for the silver medal in the women's 78-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Friday, while 2017 men's 100-kg champion Aaron Wolf came away with a bronze.
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Aug 29, 2019
Shoichiro Mukai falls just short of men's 90-kg division title at world championships
Shoichiro Mukai powered through the men's 90-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Thursday until losing in the final, while compatriot Chizuru Arai, the defending women's 70-kg champion, was knocked out early.
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Aug 28, 2019
It takes a village to raise an Olympic hopeful
Deborah Grow reflects on her journey as a 'judo mom' and her son Sanshiro's dream to become an Olympian.
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Aug 27, 2019
Shohei Ono nabs third world title; Tsukasa Yoshida claims silver
Reigning Olympic champion Shohei Ono won his third title in the men's 73-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Tuesday, while fellow Tsukasa Yoshida settled for silver in the women's 57-kg class.
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Aug 27, 2019
Uta Abe defends women's 52-kg title at judo worlds, defeats Russia's Natalia Kuziutina
Japan's Uta Abe defended her title in the women's 52-kg division at the judo world championships on Monday.
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Aug 21, 2019
Inoue sets ambitious goal for Japan's judoka
Japan's national men's judo team coach Kosei Inoue said he will be using the world championships starting Sunday at Tokyo's famed Nippon Budokan as a springboard to success at the 2020 Summer Games.
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Aug 13, 2019
Judo gives Japan a soft-power boost in the Pacific
In a large church hall near the Samoan parliament, 175-kg judo practitioner Derek Sua is being thrown to the mat by his Japanese coach, a black-belt who is a third his size.
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Jul 7, 2019
North Korea applies to compete at judo world championships in Japan: source
North Korea has applied to send athletes to this summer's world judo championships in Tokyo, a source close to the matter said Saturday.
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Jun 29, 2019
Mina Ishihara: Bound for Ireland to make and repair books
Mina Ishihara, 43, first visited Ireland in 1995 when she was a student at Tezukayama Gakuin University in Osaka, her hometown, where she studied English and linguistics. On that trip she visited Galway, a lively cultural city on the west coast of Ireland, partly because the professor who organized the...

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