Kokushikan University, which was suspected of six male judo club members using marijuana in their dormitories, abstained from the All Japan Student Championship, which will determine the number one university in Japan.

A traditional, indiscriminate, weightless team competition. He was scheduled to appear in the third round as the first match, but after a problem was discovered, he declined to participate as announced. When the umpire team announced their 7-0 victory for their opponent Kumamoto Gakuen University, an announcement resonated with Nippon Budokan, “The fourth match will be a by-win match in the current match.”

Four fourth-year students, who are in their final year of final year, and promising All-Japan class players entered this tournament, which is the highest-ranking student tournament.

Two years ago, last summer, he won his seventh victory in 16 years with Saito Tachi (23, JES elevator), the men’s over 100kg class representative at the Paris Olympics (Olympics), which was a shocking moment for the student judo world. The 2013 tournament was a prestigious school that had been at the top since 2007, with rivals Tokai University’s seventh consecutive victory, and was the first to be held since 2007, with Ishii Satoshi and Kato Hirotaka, but they were unable to even make a tatami mat on this day.

The university was informed of the incident by telephone at around 9:30pm on June 13th. The following day, on the 14th, university staff interviewed the relevant staff in the presence of a judo club instructor and consulted with the Metropolitan Police Department. The club was suspended on the same day.

A countermeasures headquarters was established on the 16th. On the same day, the Metropolitan Police Department raided a student dormitory on Machida campus on suspicion of violating the Drug Control Act, with the presence of six members of the club members in attendance, seized plant fragments such as cannabis and suction devices. Two first-year students and four second-year students admitted to using cannabis in a room in their dorm.

The university held a press conference on the 20th, and President Tahara Junko and others apologised. The club’s activities will be suspended indefinitely until the official investigation results are revealed. He also decided to decline to participate in the All Japan Student Championships.[Kinoshita Jun]