PARIS--Right after Hifumi Abe violently threw his final opponent to the tatami and secured his second Olympic judo gold medal, he stood up and looked directly at his sister crying in the stands at ...

Gold medallist Uta Abe of Japan celebrates REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Japan’s superstar siblings, Abe Hifumi and Abe Uta, lived up to the enormous expectations the host nation had for the Kobe duo on ...

After that, Abe got his revenge, winning a series of victories over Maruyama to earn a spot on the Tokyo Olympics team, and went on to win the gold medal. It has been almost five years since Abe ...