Japanese capital Tokyo is due to stage the sambo competition, but is currently under a state of emergency due to rising coronavirus case numbers. Japan has now recorded more than 340,000 total cases ...

The annual Japanese Sambo Championships, is still set to be held in Tokyo on February 7, despite the state of emergency declared in the city due to COVID-19. "The date of the tournament falls on the ...

This will be the second annual Sambo championship in Japan with the main prize named after Russian President Vladimir Putin TOKYO, February 05. /ITAR-TASS/. Japan’s Yokohama prepares to host the ...

A memorial honoring Vasili Oshchepkov in Korabelnaya Embankment. (Photo: Yuri SmityukTASSGetty Images) Vasili Oshchepkov was born in Sakhalin, Russia, in 1893 and became an orphan at only 8 years old.

“Little Black Sambo, Sambo, Sambo/His face and hands are completely black/Even his butt is completely black.” Word of nursery-schoolers in Saitama Prefecture chanting a “Little Black Sambo” song — ...