January 18th, 2022 Japan’s One-in-a-Hundred Female Pilot in the Air, Rugby Referee on the Ground “I completely agree with her view,” said Richie McCaw, the legendary player of the rugby kingdom New Zealand, or rather, world rugby. By Nobuhiko Otomo
August 31st, 2021 Stay-at-Home Dad Backs up Female Head Coach of Brazilian Men’s Judo: Interview with Yuko Fujii #1 In June 2018, the news of Yuko Fujii (then 35) becoming the judo head coach of Brazil’s men’s team shocked the sports world across the globe. By Hiroaki Sawada
August 31st, 2021 Married After Dating Zero-Days, She Became Pregnant While Coaching the Brazilian National Judo Team ― Interview with Yuko Fujii and Her Husband #2 Yuko is a native of Obu City, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. She had been coaching the British Women’s National Judo Team in the U.K. since 2010, working day and night to achieve good results at the 2012 London Olympics. By Hiroaki Sawada
August 31st, 2021 Female Judoka from a Slum Becomes a Gold Medalist: Head Coach Yuko Fujii in Brazil Presents a New Form of Husband and Wife #3 With five months to go until the Tokyo Olympics, a Japanese woman, Yuko Fujii, leads the Brazilian men's judo team. By Hiroaki Sawada
November 5th, 2021 Young Japanese Player Challenges the Unsung World of India’s Pro Kabaddi Tetsuro Abe (23), candidate for kabaddi Japan national team, will play in the Season 8 of India’s Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). By Takaya Hirano
September 16th, 2021 Towards a World without Blindness: Interview with MITAS Medical CEO Naofumi Kita MITAS Medical deals in diagnostic devices that link regions lacking eye doctors with urban areas. By Katsuji Fujieda
November 17th, 2021 Corn Prices Driven Up by China’s Voracious Hog Herds Prices of cooking oil, mayonnaise, and tofu went up in succession this July. By Hiroshi Takahashi
October 22nd, 2021 Zero Gasoline Cars: Two Issues Honda Faces in Its Audacious EV Shift On April 23, Honda announced all its global new car sales will consist of electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2040. By Koichi Sugimoto
