The runner-up in women's extra lightweight at the Barcelona Games was Japan's Ryoko Tamura (now Tani), the youngest medalist ever in judo at 16 years, 331 days. The 4-foot, 9.5-inch Tamura went on to ...

The Abe siblings are huge celebrities in Japan and in the judo world with their photogenic smiles ... “I’ll try my best to become even stronger at judo,” Hifumi Abe said.

Japanese Olympic and World Champions will participate in Baku Grand Slam 2025, Azernews reports. Olympic and three-time world ...

Akira Sone won the lone point for Japan, which won 11 individual judo medals. Sone, Chizuru Arai, Aaron Wolf, Tsukasa Yoshida, Shohei Ono claimed their second medals of the tournament with the mixed ...

All the latest developments on day three of the tournament. View on euronews ...

Yamashita, chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee and head of the All Japan Judo Federation, praised Koga as an “athlete who stood out in every aspect--with good spirit, technique and physic ...