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Judo federation to form independent committee

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Saito, who is in charge of team development for the All Japan Judo Federation, apologizes for an abuse scandal, during a Japanese Olympic Committee emergency meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013 of national sporting bodies' coaches responsible for team development. The AJJF announced the same day formation of a third-party advisory committee to handle crises management in the wake of a scandal in which 15 top female judo wrestlers accused their former coach of physical and verbal abuse.

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Two-time Olympic judo champion Saito dies at age 54

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic judo champion and head of the All Japan Judo Federation's committee for enhancement, holds the gold medal in the men's over 95-kilogram category at the Seoul Olympic Games in this file photo taken in October, 1988. Saito died of intrahepatic bile duct cancer on Jan. 20, 2015, in Osaka. He was 54.

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Two-time Olympic judo champion Saito dies at age 54

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 1985 shows Hitoshi Saito (R) competing with Yasuhiro Yamashita during the All-Japan judo championship in Tokyo. Saito, a two-time Olympic judo champion and head of the All Japan Judo Federation's committee for enhancement, died of intrahepatic bile duct cancer in Osaka on Jan. 20, 2015.

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Japan judo athletes leave for Paris

NARITA, Japan - Hitoshi Saito (R), in charge of team development at the All Japan Judo Federation, is pictured at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, before departing for the Paris Grand Slam, with nine women athletes. Their departures came amid revelations that top female judoka had been subjected to physical and verbal abuse by coaching staff. Japan men's head coach Kosei Inoue (behind Saito) is about to leave for Europe on the same flight.

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Countdown event toward Tokyo Olympics held in Tokyo

Nobuharu Asahara (L), a bronze medalist in the men's 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, speaks to reporters ahead of the "5 Years to Go" countdown event toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games at a Tokyo park on July 24, 2015. Also in attendance are other former or active track and field athletes (from 2nd L to R) -- Satoru Inoue, Hitoshi Saito, Shinji Takahira, and Hiroyasu Tsuchie. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo champ Yamashita at memorial ceremony for rival Saito

Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation, leaves the stage after delivering a eulogy at the memorial service for Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic champion and member of the executive board of the AJJF, held in Tokyo on March 15, 2015. Saito died of cancer at the age 54 on Jan. 20. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Judo champ Yamashita bids farewell to rival Saito at ceremony

Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation, delivers a farewell speech at a memorial ceremony for Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic champion and member of the executive board of the AJJF, held in Tokyo on March 15, 2015. Saito died of cancer at the age 54 on Jan. 20. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Two-time Olympic judo champion Saito dies at age 54

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Saito, a two-time Olympic judo champion and head of the All Japan Judo Federation's committee for enhancement, holds the gold medal in the men's over 95-kilogram category at the Seoul Olympic Games in this file photo taken in October, 1988. Saito died of intrahepatic bile duct cancer on Jan. 20, 2015, in Osaka. He was 54. (Kyodo)

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Two-time Olympic judo champion Saito dies at age 54

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 1985 shows Hitoshi Saito (R) competing with Yasuhiro Yamashita during the All-Japan judo championship in Tokyo. Saito, a two-time Olympic judo champion and head of the All Japan Judo Federation's committee for enhancement, died of intrahepatic bile duct cancer in Osaka on Jan. 20, 2015. (Kyodo)