Judo federations have promoted another eleven who are not recognized (at that level of rank) by the Kodokan. On July 28, 2011, the promotion board of USA Judo awarded Keiko Fukuda the rank of 10th "dan", who was the first woman to be promoted to judo's highest level, albeit not a Kodokan-recognized rank. Although "dan" ranks tend to be consistent between national organizations there is more variation in the "kyū" grades, with some countries having more "kyū" grades. Although initially "kyū" grade belt colours were uniformly white, today a variety of colours are used. The first black belts to denote a
Judo in Canada The first coverage of Judo on English television appears to have been in 1956, starting with a demonstration by Fred Okimura and assistants on the "Vic Obeck Show", and then in an episode of the information program "Tabloid", titled "From foe to friend: Japanese culture in Canada". The episode covers several different elements of Japanese culture, and includes a Judo demonstration by Frank Hatashita and his daughter Patsy Yuriko Hatashita. Four other programs ("Around Town", "Graphic", "Hobby Corner", and "Spotlight") aired episodes that included Judo demonstrations or interviews with judoka from 1957–59. In 1971 the children's show "Alphabet Soup" ran