Three-time Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida shares words of encouragement with Ukrainian women's national team members who are training in Japan amid Russia's invasion of their country.
A key figure in the rise of women's wrestling in Japan, coach Kazuhito Sakae is now rebuilding his coaching career after quitting his national team and university duties over his abusive training methods.
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Japan ranks low for gender equality and Japanese women have long complained that the domestic demands on them, combined with universities’ unwillingness to compensate for them, make academic careers very difficult to pursue. But are things starting to change? Pola Lem reports from Tokyo