Straitstimes.com reports how Japan has been "kicked off judo's ruling board after 55 years". Legendary Y. Yamashita lost his seat on the IJF's executive committee, leaving it without a Japanese representative for the first time since the country joined in 1952.
'It will become difficult for Japan to obtain information. I fear we will have to struggle in catching up with the trend of the world,' he was quoted saying after the fact.
According to Straittimes, media feared the absence of a Japanese on the ruling board could lead to changes in rules, formats and Olympic quotas in a way unacceptable to the birthplace of judo.
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