Judo Union of Asia

The Judo Union of Asia (JUA) is the governing body of judo in Asia. It is one of the five continental confederations making up the International Judo Federation (IJF). JUA was formed in 1956 in Tokyo (Japan), with Chinese Taipei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand being the founder members. JUA has headquarters in Kuwait and consists of 39 member federations.

History
Judo Union of Asia (JUA) was established in 1956 in Tokyo, Japan with 7 national federations as founding members; Chinese Taipei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand. The first President of JUA was Risei Kano, son of Kanō Jigorō. Risei Kano served as President of the JUA from 1956 to 1980. The organization held the first Asian Judo Championships in 1966 in Manila, Philippines, with teams from 8 member federations participating.

Executive committee
Following is the JUA Executive Committee for the term 2019 – 2023.

Tournaments

 * Asian Judo Championships
 * Asian Games
 * East Asian Judo Championships
 * Asian Martial Arts Games (Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games)

Members
Source
 * Central Zone


 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan


 * Southeast Zone


 * Cambodia
 * Indonesia
 * 🇱🇦 Lao
 * Malaysia
 * Myanmar
 * Philippines
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand
 * Vietnam


 * East Zone


 * 🇨🇳 P. R. China
 * Chinese Taipei
 * 🇰🇵 DPR Korea
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China
 * 🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
 * 🇲🇴 Macau, China
 * Mongolia


 * West Zone


 * I. R. Iran
 * 🇮🇶 Iraq
 * 🇯🇴 Jordan
 * Kuwait
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon
 * Palestine
 * 🇶🇦 Qatar (since 2000 )
 * Saudi Arabia
 * 🇸🇾 Syria
 * United Arab Emirates
 * 🇧🇭 Bahrain
 * 🇾🇪 Yemen


 * Central Zone


 * Bangladesh
 * 🇮🇳 India
 * Nepal
 * Sri Lanka
 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan (since 2000 )
 * Bhutan

 Iran Judo Federation was suspended by International Judo Federation since 18 September 2019, as Iranian authorities ordered their judoka Saeid Mollaei to intentionally lose in the semi-final at the 2019 World Judo Championships, so as to avoid a potential match in the finals against Israeli judoka Sagi Muki.