Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Japan is the home of judo but a brutal win-at-all-costs mentality, corporal punishment and pressure to lose weight are driving large ...

PARIS, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's judo veteran Hifumi Abe successfully defended his Olympic title in the men's 66kg category at Paris 2024, while Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan claimed the ...

But his accomplishments have rarely been talked about in Japanese judo circles until now. Ikuko Yoshida, who published a biography of Kawaishi in 2004, recalled, “I had a hard time finding ...

Japan has won nine gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in the judo in Tokyo - a record haul since it became an Olympic event for men in 1964 and for women in 1992.

A Ukrainian judo team visited Japan in September to train. The 18 athletes, aged 14 to 23, aim to represent their country in Los Angeles at the 2028 Summer Olympics. Their two coaches joined them.

Shohei Ono brought home the gold in the under-73-kilogram judo division. (Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters) Japan’s Shohei Ono, a world-class fighter who was banned in 2014 by his university as part of ...

What is the reason for giving up competing? "The more I win, the more I hate judo," said Ono. "When I came from Japan last ...

Olympic Dreams project participant Serhii Karakin became the champion of the European Judo Cup among cadets, which took place ...