Sumo tournaments are rarely canceled.
The last time one didn’t go ahead was 2011, when the Japan Sumo Association called off the March Basho in the wake of a match-fixing scandal.
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A notice apologizing for the cancellation of the 2011 Spring Grand Sumo Tournament is posted outside Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, now known as Edion Arena Osaka, on March 6, 2011. | KYODO
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