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Off the top of my head - France. Check for citations if you think it's an important piece of information. As I understand it, completely unsupported by references (although they should be easy to find) the coloured belt system appeared when Judo was first brought to Europe and demonstrated in Paris. Why it appeared is a different question, to which I won't pretend to know an answer...   03:29, 28 February 2008