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JAPAN
Jul 24, 2010

Stablemaster land deal tied to mob

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Sumo stablemaster Sakaigawa purchased land in Aichi Prefecture in 2008 from a construction company whose board director had past connections with gangsters, sources said Friday.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 30, 2010

And then there were three (foreign ozeki, that is)

Depending on the exact timing decided upon by the Sumo Association, sometime this week, sekiwake Baruto of Onoe Beya will receive an official visit from members of the association to advise him of his promotion to the sport's second rank — that of ozeki.
SUMO
Feb 13, 2010

Fans object to Asashoryu's retirement pay

A generous retirement package proposed for former sumo yokozuna Asashoryu has angered some fans in Japan.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 7, 2009

Hatsu 2009 — Asa, Kaio and Harumafuji to headline?

Training is already well underway for the 2009 Hatsu Basho with one man leading the pack in terms of exertion put in, and column inches covering that effort. That man is Asashoryu.
Reader Mail
Dec 25, 2008

Getting away with murder

Regarding the Dec. 19 article "Trio avoid prison in sumo killing": Some people claim that the perfect murder is impossible. Judge Masaharu Ashizawa of the Nagoya District Court has proven that this is not necessarily the case. Three sumo wrestlers, Yuichiro Izuka, 26, Masakazu Kimura, 25, and Masanori...
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Nov 4, 2008

Asa out again — but the show goes on

Intentional or not, Asashoryu has done it again. In the run-up to the Kyushu Basho, he has stolen the spotlight.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 8, 2008

Pounds equal prizes

There are several topics of note coming out of the upcoming Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 27, 2008

Asashoryu mars Kotooshu's day of glory

In a shade over 250 years of recorded sumo history, no European has ever been crowned king of the ring. No European has ever held aloft the Emperor's Cup. No European has ever won a Grand Sumo Tournament.
Reader Mail
Oct 28, 2007

Anything but kind and gentle

Hideo Kaito's Oct. 11 letter, "Staggering blow to sumo" -- in which Kaito says he had viewed sumo as a more humane sport than, say, Western boxing/wrestling or Thai kick-boxing and credits former yokozuna Wakanohana with bringing gentleness to matches by pulling defeated wrestlers up from their fallen...
SUMO
May 8, 2007

Hakuho for yokozuna or Asashoryu to block his path?

In the days leading up to the May 5th Yokozuna Soken training session at the Ryogoku Kokugikan the Japanese media was abuzz with things sumo.
SUMO
Jan 23, 2007

Numbers break records, character creates legends

At exactly 5:43 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2007, yokozuna Asashoryu Akinori was presented with the Emperor's Cup for the 20th time in his sumo career; a feat achieved only four times prior, by former yokozuna Taiho (32 total yusho), Chiyonofuji (31), Kitanoumi (24) and Takanohana (22). These...
SUMO
Sep 19, 2006

Losing wrestler punches foe in face

A wrestler who used to belong to sumo's elite second-tier punched his opponent in the face after losing a bout the previous day in the lower tier makushita division at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, sumo officials said Monday.
SUMO
Sep 10, 2006

One more chance for Hakuho

Having been given a second chance, Mongolian ozeki Hakuho has a nervous 15 days ahead of him with promotion to sumo's highest rank well within his grasp.
SUMO
Aug 29, 2006

Hakuho looking to garner promotion

Promotion-chasing ozeki Hakuho heads up the east side again as the Japan Sumo Association on Monday announced the rankings for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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