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[Breaking News]Judo Aaron Wolf qualifies for Paris Olympics

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 15 Kyodo-Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist Aaron Wolf poses for a photo in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2024, a day after the All Japan Judo Federation announced he had qualified for this summer's Paris Olympics in the men's 100-kilogram category.(Kyodo)

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Judo: Aaron Wolf qualifies for Paris Olympics

Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist Aaron Wolf poses for a photo in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2024, a day after the All Japan Judo Federation announced he had qualified for this summer's Paris Olympics in the men's 100-kilogram category.

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Judo: Aaron Wolf qualifies for Paris Olympics

Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist Aaron Wolf poses for a photo in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2024, a day after the All Japan Judo Federation announced he had qualified for this summer's Paris Olympics in the men's 100-kilogram category.

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Judo: Aaron Wolf qualifies for Paris Olympics

Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist Aaron Wolf meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2024, a day after the All Japan Judo Federation announced he had qualified for this summer's Paris Olympics in the men's 100-kilogram category.

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Judo: Aaron Wolf qualifies for Paris Olympics

Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist Aaron Wolf meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2024, a day after the All Japan Judo Federation announced he had qualified for this summer's Paris Olympics in the men's 100-kilogram category.

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Japan judo head Yamashita

Yasuhiro Yamashita, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, gives an interview in Qatar's capital city of Doha on May 3, 2023, after an International Judo Federation Executive Committee meeting.

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Japan judo head Yamashita

Yasuhiro Yamashita, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, gives an interview in Qatar's capital city of Doha on May 3, 2023, after an International Judo Federation Executive Committee meeting.

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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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Putin hugs Yamashita at world judo competition

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to give All Japan Judo Federation Vice President Yasuhiro Yamashita a hug at the World Judo Championships in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Aug. 31, 2014.

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Japanese judoist Yamashita gets Russian

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Ambassador to Japan Evgeny Afanasiev (L) presents Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation and a gold medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, with a friendship decoration in Tokyo on April 14, 2014, for his contribution to Japan-Russia exchanges through sports.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka (2nd from R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day. At right is Yasuhiro Yamashita, a 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist who became vice president of the federation. At left is Hiromasa Uno, who was named secretary general, and 2nd from left is Yasuhiro Chikaishi, who was chosen as executive director.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka (L) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day. At right is Yasuhiro Yamashita, a 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist who became the vice president of the federation.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Muneoka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shoji Muneoka at the Kodokan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. The 67-year-old chairman of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was officially named chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation the same day.

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Japan judo federation renews leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haruki Uemura at the Kodokan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2013. He was replaced by Shoji Muneoka the same day as chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation.

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Japan judo federation

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, heads to the federation's extraordinary executive meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2013. The meeting called on Uemura and 22 board members to step down, blaming them for allowing coaches to physically abuse members of the women's national team and the misappropriation of funds.

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Japan judo chief announces Aug. resignation

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura, Vice Chairmen Hiroaki Fujita and senior director Koshi Onozawa bow prior to leaving at the end of a press conference at Kodokan hall in Tokyo on July 30, 2013. Uemura announced during an extraordinary board meeting earlier the same day that he will resign in August over physical abuse by coaches and the misuse of funds. Fujita and Onozawa will also step down.

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Japan judo chief announces Aug. resignation

TOKYO, Japan - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura speaks at a press conference at Kodokan hall in Tokyo on July 30, 2013. Uemura announced during an extraordinary board meeting earlier the same day that he will resign in August over physical abuse by coaches and the misuse of funds.

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Japan judo chief

TOKYO, Japan - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura heads to the federation's board meeting at Kodokan hall in Tokyo on July 30, 2013. The head of Japan's judo governing body is set to resign at the end of August 2013 to take the blame for its misappropriation of funds and the physical abuse of athletes by coaches, board members said. (Pool photo)

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Gov't panel calls for judo chief to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, is surrounded by reporters at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on July 23, 2013. Uemura received there a report from the Public Interest Corporation Commission the same day, in which the government panel in effect calls for Uemura to step down to take responsibility for a scandal involving the federation's misappropriation of funds.

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Gov't panel calls for judo chief to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, is seen after receiving a report from the Public Interest Corporation Commission at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on July 23, 2013, in which the government panel in effect calls for Uemura to step down to take responsibility for a scandal involving the federation's misappropriation of funds.

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Judo's executive council calls for Uemura's dismissal

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura (back L), chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, attends a federation council meeting at Tokyo's Kodokan Hall on June 25, 2013. The AJJF has agreed to reconvene a council meeting in the coming weeks after its members proposed discussing Uemura's dismissal. (Pool photo)

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Judo's executive council calls for Uemura's dismissal

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura (back C), chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, attends a federation council meeting at Tokyo's Kodokan Hall on June 25, 2013. The AJJF has agreed to reconvene a council meeting in the coming weeks after its members proposed discussing Uemura's dismissal. (Pool photo)

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Uemura says he will stay on as judo federation head

TOKYO, Japan - Haruki Uemura, chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation, speaks at a press conference after the federation's executive board meeting in Tokyo on June 11, 2013. Uemura said he will continue in his post and vowed to complete his mission to reform the scandal-plagued body.

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Judo federation chief

TOKYO, Japan - International Judo Federation chief and new SportAccord head Marius Vizer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 10, 2013.

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Int'l judo chief receives Japan apology

PARIS, France - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura meets the press after holding talks with Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, in Paris on Feb. 8, 2013. Uemura apologized to Vizer regarding an abuse scandal that has rocked Japan.

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Int'l judo chief receives Japan apology

PARIS, France - Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, attends a press conference in Paris on Feb. 8, 2013. Vizer revealed that he had received an apology from the head of Japan's federation, Haruki Uemura, over an abuse scandal that has rocked Japan.

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2 more resign from scandal-hit judo body

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Yoshimura, the All Japan Judo Federation's head of development, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Yoshimura and assistant coach Kazuhiko Tokuno resigned the same day, just days after the women's head coach admitted to physically abusing 15 top judoka under his care.

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2 more resign from scandal-hit judo body

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Tokuno, an assistant coach of the All Japan Judo Federation, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Tokuno and Kazuo Yoshimura, the federation's head of development, resigned the same day, just days after the women's head coach admitted to physically abusing 15 top judoka under his care.

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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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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (C) taking part in a training session in Saga Prefecture in June 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (far R) bows at the end of a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (C) arrives for a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said at the press conference he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation, following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda bows at the start of a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R front) leaves a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) taking part in a training session in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda is pictured at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2013, at Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. Sonoda said he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) and Kaori Matsumoto after her victory in the women's 57-kilogram division at ExCel during the London Olympics in July 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Abuse allegations against Japan judo coach

TOKYO, Japan - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura bows after a press conference at the Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Jan. 30, 2013, over allegations that 15 of the federation's top female athletes were subjected to harassment and physical violence by head coach Ryuji Sonoda and other coaching staff. Uemura said that Sonoda will continue his duties as head coach since "he is repentant."

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Abuse allegations against Japan judo coach

TOKYO, Japan - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura holds a press conference at the Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Jan. 30, 2013, over allegations that 15 of the federation's top female athletes were subjected to harassment and physical violence by head coach Ryuji Sonoda and other coaching staff. Uemura said that Sonoda will continue his duties as head coach since "he is repentant."