All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura announced during an extraordinary board meeting July 30 that he would resign in August over physical abuse meted out by coaches and misuse of funds.
Vice Chairmen Hiroaki Fujita and Nobuyuki Sato, Secretary-General Koshi Onozawa and chief secretariat Kiyoshi Murakami will also step down.
Uemura will step down once a successor is found. (Kyodo)
不祥事が続く全日本柔道連盟の上村春樹会長が7月30日、辞任を表明した。
The Japan Times ST: August 9, 2013