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GRAND SLAM

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Feb 19, 2019
Injury to keep Mashu Baker out of Dusseldorf Grand Slam
Olympic gold medalist Mashu Baker will skip this week's Dusseldorf Grand Slam due to a right hamstring injury, the All Japan Judo Federation said Tuesday.
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Feb 11, 2019
Yoko Ono wins Japan's fifth gold medal as Paris Grand Slam concludes
Japanese judoka Yoko Ono defeated France's Margaux Pinot on Sunday and earned her country's fifth gold medal on the final day of the prestigious Paris Grand Slam.
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Nov 26, 2018
Former world champion Aaron Wolf triumphs at Grand Slam Osaka
Aaron Wolf, the 2017 men's 100-kilogram judo world champion, and Shoichiro Mukai both earned gold medals for Japan on Sunday, the final day of the Grand Slam Osaka.
Japan Times
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Jan 19, 2018
Knee injury sidelines 100-kg world champ Aaron Wolf
Aaron Wolf will skip next month's Grand Slam judo competition in Paris due to a left knee injury, the All Japan Judo Federation said Friday.
Japan Times
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Dec 3, 2017
Yusei Ogawa wins first Grand Slam Tokyo judo championship
Yusei Ogawa, the son of an Olympic silver medalist judoka, won his first Grand Slam Tokyo championship in the over-100 kg division on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Dec 3, 2017
Hifumi Abe and sister Uta top podium at Grand Slam Tokyo
Hifumi Abe defended his men's 66-kg division title at Grand Slam Tokyo on Saturday while his sister Uta earned her first career Grand Slam gold medal.
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Feb 17, 2017
Tsunoda, Minei to skip European Judo Open due to injuries
Natsumi Tsunoda, the 52-kg silver medalist at the Paris Grand Slam earlier this month, and 63-kg wrestler Miho Minei will miss this weekend's European Judo Open due to injury, the All Japan Judo Federation said Friday.
Japan Times
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Feb 13, 2017
Teenager Iida claims first Grand Slam title
Teenage judoka Kentaro Iida earned his first career Grand Slam title on Sunday when he won the men's 100-kg division on the final day of competition in Paris.
Japan Times
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Feb 12, 2017
Takato, Abe, Hashimoto capture gold at Grand Slam Paris
Rio Games bronze medalist Naohisa Takato won the men's 60-kg category at the Grand Slam Paris on Saturday, while fellow Japanese Hifumi Abe and Soichi Hashimoto also claimed the 66- and 73-kg categories, respectively.
Japan Times
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Dec 2, 2016
Abe triumphs over Hashiguchi at Grand Slam Tokyo
Nineteen-year-old Hifumi Abe won his second Grand Slam Tokyo title on Friday in the men's judo 66-kg division at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 24, 2016
After rain delay, Nishikori bags 50th Grand Slam win in French Open opener
Kei Nishikori chalked up his 50th career Grand Slam win on Monday when he finished his rain-delayed opening match at the French Open, resuming play with a two-set advantage gained a day earlier and completing a straight-sets win over Italy's Simone Bolelli, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3.
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Dec 6, 2015
Harasawa triumphs over Shichinohe to earn over 100-kg title
Hisayoshi Harasawa eked out a narrow final win over Ryu Shichinohe to secure the men's over 100-kg division title on the final day of the Tokyo Grand Slam on Sunday.
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Dec 5, 2015
Judoka Arai uses mental toughness to defeat Ono, earn title
Chizuru Arai came back from three shido penalties down to defeat Yoko Ono in the women's 70-kg division on Saturday on the second day of the Tokyo Grand Slam.
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Dec 4, 2015
Olympic judo champion Matsumoto falls in second round at Grand Slam Tokyo
London Olympic judo gold medalist and world champion Kaori Matsumoto was knocked out in the second round of the Grand Slam Tokyo on Friday in the women's 57-kg category.
Japan Times
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Dec 7, 2014
Inamori prevails against Asahina for 78-kg title at Grand Slam Tokyo
Nami Inamori scored an ippon against countrywoman Sara Asahina to capture the women's over 78-kilogram category at the Grand Slam Tokyo judo tournament on Sunday.
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Dec 6, 2014
Akimoto outduels Ono for 73-kg title at Grand Slam Tokyo
Hiroyuki Akimoto defeated 2013 world champion Shohei Ono on points to claim the title in the men's 73-kg category at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Saturday.
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Feb 9, 2014
Judoka Yamamoto tops Udaka for 57-kg title at Paris Grand Slam
Anzu Yamamoto defeated compatriot Nae Udaka to win the women's 57-kg title on Saturday, the first day of the Paris Grand Slam.
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Nov 30, 2013
Japan judoka continue domination at Tokyo Grand Slam
Host Japan delivered another thunderous display of dominance, winning all four weight classes on the second day of the Tokyo Grand Slam on Saturday.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2011
Sumo climbing back
The match-fixing scandal that came to light this year has cost the Japan Sumo Association a lot in several ways. Seven wrestlers in the makuuchi division and 10 in the juryo division have been driven out of the sumo world. The JSA was forced to give up on holding the Spring and Summer Grand Sumo Tournaments scheduled for March and May. It is said to have lost more than ¥1 billion in revenues.
EDITORIALS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Apr 12, 2011
Reconstruction after the disaster
A month has passed since the massive quake and tsunami on March 11 devastated the pacific coastal area of the Tohoku region. Some 13,000 people perished and about 14,500 people are missing. Some 148,000 evacuees remain at temporary shelters. It is unlikely that the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will end in the foreseeable future.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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