Ex-judo gold medalist Inokuma found dead, suicide suspected

Ex-judo gold medalist Inokuma found dead, suicide suspected

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist Isao Inokuma, who was found dead in an apparent suicide at a company he ran in Tokyo, the police said Sept. 29. He was 63. Police said an employee of Tokai Kensetsu (Tokai Construction) found Inokuma collapsed in a pool of blood in his office with stab wounds in his upper body on the night of Sept. 28.

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