TO GO WITH Oly-2020-2021-judo-Japan-women,FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA FOR "ONE YEAR TO GO UNTIL TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES" PACKAGE
In this picture taken on February 20, 2020, Japanese judo gold medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Haruka Tachimoto, poses during an interview with AFP in Tokyo. - Judo's founder Jigoro Kano was decades ahead of his time by empowering women to take up the sport that prizes technique over brute force, but Japan's female judoka have long grappled for equality, enduring discrimination and a headline-grabbing abuse scandal even while they were winning recognition with their brilliance on the mat. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Oly-2020-2021-judo-Japan-women,FOCUS by Kyoko HASEGAWA FOR "ONE YEAR TO GO UNTIL TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES" PACKAGE