Summer Olympics / Judo Jul 26, 2021
Tsukasa Yoshida adds to Japan's medal haul in judo with bronze
Yoshida had her judo gold-medal bid thwarted Monday at the Tokyo Olympics, but managed to find her way onto the podium with a bronze medal.
Summer Olympics Jul 26, 2021
Day 3 recap: Japan scoops up more golds as locals warm to the Games
Japan struck more gold on Monday as sentiment toward the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics appeared to shift, and local fans defied organizers to grab a glimpse of the Games.
Summer Olympics / Judo Jun 3, 2021
Tsukasa Yoshida expects to claim gold in Olympic debut at Tokyo Games
"If the games are held, I'll win the gold medal," the 25-year-old Yoshida said in an online interview.
Judo Jan 12, 2021
Yoshida, the world champion in 2018, beat France's Sarah Leonie Cysique in a tight final.
More Sports / Judo Aug 27, 2019
Shohei Ono nabs third world title; Tsukasa Yoshida claims silver
Reigning Olympic champion Shohei Ono won his third title in the men's 73-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Tuesday, while fellow Tsukasa Yoshida settled for silver in the women's 57-kg class. Ono defeated Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov in the final with an uchimata inner-thigh ...
More Sports / Judo Apr 7, 2019
Rio Olympic judo champ Shohei Ono among national invitational winners
Shohei Ono, Olympic champion in the men's 73-kg division, defeated 2017 world champion Soichi Hashimoto to win his third title at the national invitational weight class judo championships on Sunday. The victory landed Ono a spot on Japan's team to this year's world championships, to ...
More Sports / Judo Sep 28, 2018
Japan beats France to retain mixed team title on final day of worlds
Japan earned a 4-1 victory over France to capture the mixed team event title for the second straight year and added an eighth gold medal to a 17-medal haul as the World Judo Championships wrapped up on Thursday. On the final day at National Gymnastics ...
More Sports / Judo Sep 4, 2017
Top-seeded Japan defeated Brazil 6-0 to become the first-ever recipient of the mixed team gold medal at the world judo championships Sunday, the final day of action. All 11 Japanese judoka who were entered for the event, featuring three men and three women, won their ...
More Sports / Judo Aug 31, 2017
Soichi Hashimoto won the men's 73-kg gold medal at the world championships on Wednesday, when fellow worlds debutant Tsukasa Yoshida settled for silver. In his final, Hashimoto defeated Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov, the silver medalist at last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Japan has now won ...
More Sports / Judo Feb 12, 2017
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. It was a strong showing by the Japanese men. Takato won ...
Olympics Oct 6, 2016
The Japan Sport Council said Thursday it has chosen up-and-coming male sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and six other promising Japanese athletes to participate in a new intensive overseas training program eyeing major competitions such as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In addition to the 17-year-old ...
Commentary Aug 29, 2011
Budget repair and liberal defiance
by Kyung Hoon Kim, Anthony Halpin, Akira Tashiro, Klaus Naumann, Sharmila Silva, Rachel Kranton, Robert Dujarric, Lucian Bebchuk, Lester Tenney, Carol Mann, Dominique Moisi and George Will
The residues of liberalism's Wisconsin Woodstock — 1960s radicalism redux: operatic lamentations, theatrical demonstrations and electoral futilities — are words of plaintive defiance painted on sidewalks around the state capitol. "Solidarity forever" was perhaps painted by a graduate student forever at the University of Wisconsin. "Repubs ...