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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Judo</title>
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		<title>World judo champion Ono hit with three-month ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World champion Shohei Ono and eight other seniors from Tenri University&#8217;s judo team were suspended for three months by the All Japan Judo Federation (AJJF) for assaulting underclass teammates Wednesday. The suspension will keep ex-captain Ono, who won the men&#8217;s 73-kg title at last month&#8217;s world championships in Rio de Janeiro, out of all international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World judo champion Ono suspended for assaulting teammate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Shohei Ono]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Judo put a damper on Tokyo&#8217;s Olympic euphoria as Tenri University said Wednesday a dozen students of its team, including former captain and world champion Shohei Ono, were disciplined for physically abusing underclass teammates. Ono, who won the men&#8217;s 73-kg weight class at last month&#8217;s world championships in Rio de Janeiro, and four other seniors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scandal-ridden Tenri University judo program suspends operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tenri University on Thursday announced its elite judo program will cease activities until it takes steps to prevent physical abuse. A day after the judo department head, Shozo Fujii, stepped down to take responsibility for the physical abuse of first-year students on the men&#8217;s judo team, four fourth-year team members were suspended from school for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenri University judo director resigns over scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The director of Tenri University&#8217;s elite judo program said Wednesday that he will resign from his judo position at the university as well as with the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations of abuse at Tenri&#8217;s men&#8217;s judo team. From May through July, four seniors in the men&#8217;s judo team physically abused first year students. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ono captures 73-kg gold at judo worlds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Judo World Championships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shohei Ono marked his debut at the World Judo Championships with victory in the 73-kg final to give Japan its third men&#8217;s gold medal in as many days on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Ono beat London Olympic bronze medalist Ugo Legrand of France with a superb win in the final, scoring a yuko from an uchi-mata [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ebinuma captures gold for Japan at judo worlds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Masashi Ebinuma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Masashi Ebinuma won all six of his bouts by ippon in the 66-kg division en route to giving Japan its second men&#8217;s gold medal of the judo world championships on Tuesday. The 2011 world champion put on a master class in Rio de Janeiro as he showed resolve and passion to go with his unparalleled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takato avenges Asami&#8217;s defeat with gold at worlds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Naohisa Takato]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young judoka hopeful Naohisa Takato delivered his country&#8217;s first gold medal of the world championships on Monday. The 20-year-old took the men&#8217;s-60 kg title beating Mongolia&#8217;s Amartuvshin Dashdavaa in the final and proved the perfect riposte to a Mongolian having denied one of his celebrated compatriots in the previous final. Judoka Haruna Asami&#8217;s hopes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New judo chief to be chosen next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The All Japan Judo Federation said Tuesday it will select its new chairman at an extraordinary board meeting next week. Chairman Haruki Uemura last week announced his intention to resign by the end of the month to take responsibility for the physical abuse of coaches and the misuse of funds. The government has given the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calls for judo chief Uemura&#8217;s dismissal come from council members</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Haruki Uemura]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a direct challenge to Haruki Uemura, the embattled All Judo Federation Chairman who insists on staying the course despite calls for him to resign, members of its regional council have proposed discussing his dismissal. The AJJF has agreed to reconvene a council meeting in the coming weeks. Uemura has insisted on remaining at his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judo chief Uemura hints at resignation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Haruki Uemura]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haruki Uemura, the beleaguered chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, hinted Monday he is willing to step down from his post in the coming months after the completion of his mission to reform the scandal-tainted body. &#8220;I stated in my opening remarks to the board of directors that if reforms and our project to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judo chief warns Japan to &#8216;clean up&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Judo Federation president Marius Vizer tells Japanese judo to get its house in order after a series of scandals.]]></description>
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		<title>Shichinohe defends over 100-kg judo title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryu Shichinohe vanquished Daiki Kamikawa in the men&#8217;s over 100-kg final to defend the title at the All Japan invitational weight class championships on Sunday. The 24-year-old Shichinohe, an Okinawa native whose mother hails from Belgium and father is Japanese, defeated Kamikawa by ippon after scoring two waza-ari at Fukuoka Kokusai Center to claim bragging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asami collects first title at All-Japan invitational</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haruna Asami scored an ippon victory against Tamami Yamazaki in the women&#8217;s 48-kg final to capture her first title at the All-Japan invitational weight class championships on Saturday. London Olympic silver medalist Riki Nakaya won his second consecutive title at 73 kg at the tournament, which doubles as the final qualifier for the world judo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anai ends career with All Japan title</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former world champion Takamasa Anai went out with a bang, defeating rising star Hisayoshi Harasawa in the final to win the All Japan Judo Championship a day after announcing his retirement.]]></description>
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		<title>Former world judo champ Anai to retire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former world champion Takamasa Anai said Sunday he will draw the curtain on his career after competing in the men&#8217;s under 100-kg category in Monday&#8217;s All Japan Judo Championship at Tokyo&#8217;s Nippon Budokan. Anai, who crashed out in a second-round match to see his bid for gold end in heartbreak at the 2012 London Olympics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judo coach gives thumbs up to Ogata</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Akari Ogata]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan women&#8217;s judo coach Mitsutoshi Nanjo offered praise on Monday to 22-year-old Akari Ogata, who claimed her first title at the All Japan Women&#8217;s Judo Championship by beating heavyweight Megumi Tachimoto the previous day. &#8220;It is exciting to see a young wrestler perform that well as we look toward the coming three years (leading up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ogata upsets Tachimoto to claim national judo crown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Akari Ogata let her feet do the talking as she pulled off an upset with a victory over Megumi Tachimoto in the final to claim her first title at the All Japan Women&#8217;s National Championship on Sunday. In the first major domestic tournament since an abuse scandal involving coaches for the women&#8217;s national team came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-judo gold medalist Yamashita selected to spearhead efforts to end abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Yamashita]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Olympic gold medalist Yasuhiro Yamashita will assume the responsibility for eradicating abuse within the All Japan Judo Federation, the body decided Tuesday. At an extraordinary session of the federation&#8217;s board of directors, Yamashita was appointed to take charge of the federation&#8217;s &#8220;declaration to eradicate abuse.&#8221; The declaration followed the recommendation of a third-party investigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tanabe to be named women&#8217;s judo head coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masaru Tanabe, the acting head coach of the Japanese women&#8217;s judo team, will be promoted to the job on a full-time basis, the All Japan Judo Federation said Thursday. The appointment of the 40-year-old Tanabe will be ratified at the federation&#8217;s board meeting on Monday. Tanabe is currently filling in after ex-coach Ryuji Sonoda resigned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judo coaches changed minds over planned resignations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s acting head coach of the women&#8217;s judo team and two assistants, who were planning to quit in a show of protest, decided to stay on Monday after the All Japan Judo Federation suggested it would lift reprimands issued to them in connection with a scandal related to the abuse of 15 judoka. Coach Masaru [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JOC tackles in-depth interrogation of female judoka</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Olympic Committee said Tuesday it has debriefed at least 11 of the 15 female judo wrestlers who lodged a joint complaint accusing their former coach of physical and verbal violence. JOC executive member Yosuke Fujiwara said the interviews of the women, which have taken some 17 hours, have delved into the specific types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Japan Judo Federation establishes advisory committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The All Japan Judo Federation announced on Thursday the formation of a third-party advisory committee to handle crisis management in the wake of a whistle-blowing scandal in which 15 top female judo wrestlers accused their former coach of physical and verbal abuse. Haruo Kasama, 65, a former prosecutor general, will head up the committee. Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judoka Tachimoto takes third gold for women&#8217;s team in Paris Grand Slam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megumi Tachimoto won the women's over-78 kilogram gold medal on the final day of the Paris Grand Slam on Sunday.]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary judo teacher Fukuda dies at 99</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keiko Fukuda, the first woman to earn a ninth-dan ranking in judo from the Kodokan, died at her home in San Francisco on Saturday at the age of 99. Born in April 1913, Fukuda&#8217;s grandfather was a practitioner of jujutsu and one of the teachers of Jigoro Kano, who is known as the father of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ono tops Olympic silver medalist Nakaya in 73-kg final</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shohei Ono staged an upset against London Olympic silver medalist Riki Nakaya to win the men&#8217;s 73-kg final on the second day of the Tokyo Grand Slam on Saturday. A day after Japan pulled off a gold-medal sweep of the medals, representatives from the host nation reached three finals and won two of the four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judoka Asami helps Japan record impressive gold-medal haul at Tokyo Grand Slam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hueston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-time world champion Haruna Asami scored an ippon against Dayaris Mestre Alvarez of Cuba in the women&#8217;s 48-kg final on Friday, successfully defending her crown to lead a gold-medal sweep for the host nation on the opening day at the Tokyo Grand Slam. In a resurgence of form in international competition, Japan won all five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asami picks up third Kodokan Cup victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-time world champion Haruna Asami defeated Miri Toda to win the women&#8217;s 48-kilogram final at the All-Japan judo weight-class championships on Sunday. Asami, who missed out on a spot at the London Olympics this past summer despite winning her second consecutive world title, won the judges&#8217; flag decision at Chiba Port Arena to capture her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inoue appointed men&#8217;s judo coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kosei Inoue has been named as coach of the Japan men&#8217;s judo team, the All Japan Judo Federation announced Monday, while Ryuji Sonoda has been kept on as women&#8217;s coach. Inoue, the 100-kg gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, replaces Shinichi Shinohara, whose squad failed to win a single gold medal at this summer&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inoue named Japan judo coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Olympic gold medalist Kosei Inoue will take over as head coach of the men&#8217;s national judo team from Shinichi Shinohara, who has been under fire for the country&#8217;s recent string of lackluster performances, Kyodo News learned on Wednesday. A source with the All Japan Judo Federation said the 34-year-old Inoue, who won the men&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan wins women&#8217;s judo team title</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megumi Tachimoto scored a decisive victory over Qin Qian as Japan defeated China 3-2 to win the women&#8217;s title at the judo team world championships on Saturday. Fielding a team weakened by the absence of London Olympians, Japan took a 2-0 lead thanks to wins by Yuki Hashimoto (52 kg) and Anzu Yamamoto (57 kg). [...]]]></description>
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