In an unassuming Tokyo tower block sits the headquarters of a sport at a spiritual crossroads. A stone’s throw from the Japanese capital’s space age domed baseball stadium, and in the shadow of a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, an Honorary President of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), visited the Kodokan Martial Arts Centre in Japan where he watched a number of exhibition ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has Japan’s judo authorities grappling with calls from the public to take Russian President Vladimir Putin to the mat and strip him of his high-ranking belt. Putin, 69, ...

Blink and you'd miss it. In Tokyo's residential Bunkyo district squats a nondescript grey office block above a hardware store and within earshot of the squeals from the Tokyo Dome amusement park. Only ...

For judo lovers all over the world who make the pilgrimage to Tokyo’s Kodokan Judo Institute, it is an emotional experience to tread the hallowed mats — a unique chance to train at the sport’s mecca.

In commemoration of his 15th year death anniversary, which fell on February 12, 2024, below is a concise summary of a great son of our motherland, the late Lincoln Wijeyesinghe, Sri Lanka’s first ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, an Honorary President of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), visited the Kodokan Martial Arts Centre in Japan where he watched a number of exhibition ...

Blink and you'd miss it. In Tokyo's residential Bunkyo district squats a nondescript grey office block above a hardware store and within earshot of the squeals from the Tokyo Dome amusement park. Only ...