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About japan's success festival. absolutely, another really busy day from tokyo and it really has been a great start to the games forjapan, a remarkable story from the shadow here today, uta abe and her brother hifumi both taking gold medals within hours of each other, uta abe in the women's and her brother in the 66 kilograms category, the first siblings in any sport ever to win olympic gold medals on the very same day, and injago it originated in japan, huge sport over there, making that even more special for the home fans watching around the country. and if that wasn't enough japan took anot...

Judo, Japan's 'gentle' martial art practised by millions Issued on: 22/07/2021 - 06:22 Judo was born in Japan but is practised by millions around the world Yasuyoshi CHIBA AFP/File 4 min Tokyo (AFP) It's practised by tens of millions around the world but there's no doubt that judo's spiritual home is Japan, where the martial art was created and made its Olympic debut. It will be among the sports most closely watched by home fans at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, and is so deeply embedded in Japanese society it even has its own branch of medicine...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 A total of 409 judoka from 79 nations are set to take part in the International Judo Federation's (IJF) Kazan Grand Slam, which will be the last major event ahead of the Budapest World Championships and the Olympic competition in Tokyo. The three-day Kazan Grand Slam starts tomorrow, with the World Championships scheduled from June 6 to 13 and the Olympic judo competition set to begin on July 24. The Russian and Tatarstan Judo Federations have combined to deliver this event in a relatively short time following the signing of the contract, and it replaces the Paris Grand S...

Judo: Uta Abe rampages in comeback to win Tashkent Grand Slam title March 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Uta Abe. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Tokyo Olympic team member Uta Abe ended a 13-month layoff by winning the Tashkent Grand Slam's women's 52-kilogram division championship on Friday. Abe, who last competed in February 2020, won three-straight bouts by ippon starting from the second round, before her opponent in the final, Mongolia's Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren, withdrew. Japan's Ryuju Nagayama won the men's 60-kg, defeating former world champion Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in th...

Uta Abe rallies to win Tashkent Grand Slam title Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Uta Abe (top) competes during the semifinals of the women's 52-kg division at the Tashkent Grand Slam on Friday. | KYODO KYODO Mar 6, 2021 Tokyo Olympic team member Uta Abe ended a 13-month layoff by winning the Tashkent Grand Slam’s women’s 52-kg division championship on Friday. Abe, who last competed in February 2020, won three-straight bouts by ippon starting from ...