World champions in Tashkent in U60kg and U66kg, Naohisa Takato and Hifumi Abe have both withdrawn from the Tokyo Grand Slam (3-4 December). Both are members of the Park 24 company team and they mentioned a lack of preparation time between the World Championships and the Tokyo event. Takato will be replaced by Yamato Fukuda, Abe by Shinsei Hattori.
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