Politics & Diplomacy
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use its adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex offenses.
Olympics Mar 7, 2013
Wrestling icons Yoshida, Icho promote Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid
by Jack Gallagher
The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission continued its tour of venues for Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday with a visit to Tokyo Big Sight. The sprawling complex next to Tokyo Bay would play host to wrestling, fencing and taekwondo if ...
Sumo | SUMO SCRIBBLINGS Mar 1, 2013
Wrestling's fall from Olympic grace sends wake-up call to International Sumo Federation
by Mark Buckton
The quest of the International Sumo Federation (IFS) to have amateur sumo accepted as a bona fide Olympic sport has long been viewed as as a pie-in-the-sky proposition by many. In the wake of the recent IOC decision to drop the far more recognized sport ...
Olympics Feb 26, 2013
Japan launches petition to save Olympic wrestling
The Japan Wrestling Federation launched an online petition site to keep wrestling in the Olympics on Monday with the aim of submitting 100,000 signatures to the International Olympic Committee. The website, titled “Save Olympic Wrestling,” can be accessed in several languages. The federation plans ...
More Sports Feb 18, 2013
Yoshida named as candidate for female wrestling committee
FILA named three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida as a candidate Sunday to sit on a female committee that will be established as the world wrestling governing body aims to retain the sport for the 2020 Summer Games. In an effort to modernize the sport ...
More Sports Feb 17, 2013
Wrestling body ousts president
The world governing body for wrestling on Saturday ousted its president, Raphael Martinetti, amid fallout from the International Olympic Committee’s controversial axing of wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Summer Games. According to FILA vice president Tomiaki Fukuda, Martinetti was issued a ...
Olympics Feb 14, 2013
Japan wrestling head not ready to give up fight
Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda on Wednesday called into question the International Olympic Committee’s decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games, saying the sport’s governing body has failed to give “clear reasons” for why wrestling is being removed. Fukuda said the fight ...
Olympics Feb 14, 2013
IOC set to drop wrestling for 2020
The IOC's decision stuns Japan, which collected six wrestling medals at the 2012 London Games.