Minister on judo scandal

Minister on judo scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hakubun Shimomura, minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Shimomura urged the eradication of violence in Japan's sports community, calling the violence used against the nation's top female judo wrestlers by their head coach "the most serious crisis in Japan's sports history."

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