Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Rio Olympic games delegation deputy chairman and one of the most successful judo competitors of all time, Yasuhiro ...

All Japan Judo Federation President Yasuhiro Yamashita has spoken out against Vladimir Putin's and Russia's invasion of Ukraine ©Getty Images Yamashita claimed that Russia’s military offensive is ...

All Japan Judo Federation President, Japanese Olympic Committee President and IJF Executive Board Member Yamashita Yasuhiro was officially elected as an International Olympic Committee member during ...

Former Olympic judo gold medalist Yasuhiro Yamashita was appointed president of the Japanese Olympic Committee on Thursday during an executive board meeting in Tokyo. Yamashita won a gold medal in the ...

Judo will make an emotional return to the Nippon Budokan arena at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, 56 years after it made its Games debut at the venue, the sport's greatest legend Yasuhiro Yamashita said. The ...