Two-time Olympic judo champion Shohei Ono, who dominated the men's 73-kilogram division for the better part of a decade, announced his retirement from competition Tuesday. The 31-year-old
Even a record nine gold medals bagged by the national judo team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was not enough to reverse the fortunes of one of only two monthly magazines that specialize in the sport and put it on the path toward profitability.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has Japan’s judo authorities grappling with calls from the public to take Russian President Vladimir Putin to the mat and strip him of his high-ranking belt.
Jun 29, 2021
With less than a month to go before the start of the Tokyo Games, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee now believes that the top priority for the host country is ensuring the safety of athletes coming from all over the world, rather than the number of gold medals its national team may win.
Yasuhiro Yamashita has said Japan’s target of a record 30 gold medals, up from 12 in the previous Olympics, is no longer significant given that the goal was set more than a year before the coronavirus swept across the world and the games will be held under a host of unprecedented challenges.
The head of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has said that meetings attended by a large number of women take too much time.