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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Mar 25, 2014

Sumo Cha-ya Terao: Spirit of sumo in every bowl

Chankonabe is wedded to sumo in the same way as whiskey is to the Wild West and cowboys; they're both fuel for fightin'. Terao Tsunefumi, the man behind this eponymous restaurant, is a well-respected sumo wrestler who had a career in the ring spanning 20 years, long by any measure in sports. For his...
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CULTURE / Art
Jul 15, 2011

"SUMO, Wrestlers In nishikie Woodblock Prints From The Otani Kokichi Collection"

Legend has it that a sumo match between gods determined the origin of the Japanese race.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2011

Sumo climbing back

The match-fixing scandal that came to light this year has cost the Japan Sumo Association a lot in several ways. Seven wrestlers in the makuuchi division and 10 in the juryo division have been driven out of the sumo world. The JSA was forced to give up on holding the Spring and Summer Grand Sumo Tournaments...
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2011

Sumo must clean up its act

The Japan Sumo Association on April 1 took disciplinary action against 21 wrestlers and two stable masters for their involvement in match-fixing. Nineteen wrestlers — six in the elite makuuchi division, eight in the second-tire juryo division and five in lower divisions — and one stable master were...

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