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JUDO

WORLD
Aug 17, 2016
Japanese youth volunteers arrive in Phnom Penh to coach judo
A group of youth volunteers dispatched to Cambodia by the Japanese government to coach judo arrived in the capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
Brazil's partisans go for the Olympic gold
Brazil's fueding parties lost no time in trying to politicize a judoka's gold medal performance.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2016
Judoka Harasawa takes Olympic silver, Yamabe bronze
Japan's Hisayoshi Harasawa had to settle for the silver medal after falling to London Olympic champion Teddy Riner of France on penalties in the men's over 100-kg class on the final day of the judo competition at the Rio Olympics on Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2016
Shohei Ono breaks Japan's judo gold drought after team bags five bronze
Reigning world champion Shohei Ono has claimed Japan's first judo gold of Rio 2016 on Monday, ending a run of five bronze medals in the sport over the first three days of the Games.
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Aug 6, 2016
Tokyo awarded 2019 judo worlds
Tokyo was selected to host the 2019 World Judo Championships following an International Judo Federation executive committee meeting on Friday.
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May 31, 2016
Japan locks up spots in all judo divisions for Rio Games
Japan has once again secured berths in all 14 judo weight categories for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as the International Judo Federation released the latest world rankings on Monday.
Japan Times
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May 28, 2016
Nakamura, Kondo victorious at World Judo Masters
Japan's Rio de Janeiro Olympic women's team members Misato Nakamura and Ami Kondo both prevailed to win their respective weight divisions at the World Judo Masters in Mexico on Friday.
Japan Times
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Apr 29, 2016
Ojitani captures national title; Harasawa earns Rio berth
Takeshi Ojitani captured his second open-weight National Judo Championship on Friday, while beaten semifinalist Hisayoshi Harasawa was chosen for the over-100-kg division for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Feb 20, 2016
Matsumoto, Shishime nab titles
Kaori Matsumoto and Ai Shishime won their respective weight categories Friday, giving Japan two gold medals on the opening day of the Judo Grand Prix.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2016
Female Japanese judoka coaching Brazil team at Rio Olympics
A Japanese judo instructor working for Brazil's national team is bringing cultural and technical experience to her pupils as they ramp up their training program for the 2016 Olympics.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2015
Abe cited 'judo draw' compromise in November talks with Putin over isles row
In the hope of making progress in a long-standing bilateral territorial dispute with Russia, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cited the spirit of hikiwake, a martial arts term for a draw or tie, in his previous talks with President Vladimir Putin in November, a diplomatic source said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 29, 2015
Despite labor crunch, Japanese firms slow to accept disabled applicants
Law graduate Yusuke Hatsuse says he thought his college degree and national sports success would make him an attractive recruit for Japan's best-known employers. When none invited him for interviews, he applied for virtually every job he could find.
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Oct 2, 2015
Abe, Oshima nab titles in Tashkent
Hifumi Abe and Yuma Oshima secured titles on the first day of the Judo Grand Prix event on Thursday.
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Aug 31, 2015
Japan earns team sweeps on final day at worlds
Japan concluded the World Judo Championships in style on Sunday, winning both the men's and women's team competitions at the same meet for the first time.
Japan Times
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Aug 31, 2015
Judo icon Nomura announces retirement
Three-time Olympic men's 60-kg champion Tadahiro Nomura announced his retirement on Monday, saying his body has finally given in.
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Aug 29, 2015
Three-time judo Olympic champ Nomura exits final tournament of career
Retiring three-time Olympic men's 60-kg champion Tadahiro Nomura bowed out of his final tournament on Saturday, losing in the third round of the All-Japan Corporate Individual Championship.
Japan Times
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Aug 27, 2015
Nagase claims under-81-kg world title
Takanori Nagase defeated Frenchman Loic Pietri to win the men's under-81-kg gold medal at the World Judo Championships on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Aug 26, 2015
Matsumoto captures 57-kg title at world championships
London Olympic gold medalist Kaori Matsumoto defeated Romania's Corina Caprioriu to win the women's 57-kg gold medal at the World Judo Championships on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Aug 25, 2015
Judoka Nakamura earns 52-kg gold at worlds
Misato Nakamura won Japan's first gold medal at these World Judo Championships, capturing the women's 52-kg title on Tuesday.
Japan Times
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Sep 24, 2014
Japan women win gold in inaugural judo team competition
Japan's women staved off South Korea in a heated battle to win the inaugural judo team event at the Asian Games on Tuesday night.
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.
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.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
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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