“…When we turn our attention to the Japanese journal articles, ethical studies on sport have been carried out by Yoshitaka Kondo and other researchers. Kondo considered ethically the gender verification regulation in order to propose an ethically rational means (Kondo 1997). He clarified, in one of his papers written in 1998, the issue of an individual's sovereignty over his/her own body and person in the field of professional boxing (Kondo 1998).…”