Heading into the Paris Olympics this summer, the French are holding their own with Japan as the top judo powerhouse in the world and even hold bragging rights in the number of participants nationwide.

May 24 - The All Japan Judo Federation (AJJF) is facing another scandal with director Jiro Fukuda admitting to sexually harassing an unnamed female judoka, just months after its funding was cut by the ...

The birthplace of judo is struggling to stay on top of the sport. Judo is a source of national pride in Japan, where the martial art originated. But the country's judo ego has been bruised in recent ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ELIZABETH JACKSON: In Japan, there are warnings that children could die as a result of a government ...

The Japanese government handed over 240 Judo uniforms to Nepal Judo Association amidst a ceremony held at the Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu, today. Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal handed ...

International judo officials will begin using video footage at this year's world championships on a trial basis to help avoid controversy in refereeing, Japanese judo officials said Monday. Under the ...

Akiko Amano, the sole Japanese judo referee at this year's Tokyo Olympics, has a full-time job that involves more heat and energy than a gold medal match: She is the first female head of a famed ...

The nearly 800 judoka who descended upon Tokyo from all over the globe last week to compete in the 27th World Judo Championships arrived with one objective in mind: to win. And though few had any ...