Daiki Kamikawa and Mika Sugimoto won the men's and women's open weight categories, respectively, giving Japan 10 gold medals for its best result ever on the final day of the world judo championships in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan, which was hosting the meet in Tokyo for the first time in 52 years, surpassed its previous best result of eight gold medals at the 1999 Birmingham meet.
The 20-year-old Kamikawa, who was making his first appearance at the world championships, accomplished what appeared to be an impossible feat by all his countrymen — conquering three-time over 100-kg world champion Teddy Riner of France.