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Japan Times
SPORTS
Nov 13, 2020
Sports officials seek help thwarting voyeuristic images of athletes
Japan Sports Agency Commissioner Koji Murofushi described the nonconsensual creation and distribution of sexualized images of athletes as 'a problem that cannot be overlooked.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2020
Japan Sumo Association says 19 wrestlers have tested positive for COVID-19
The entire Tamanoi stable will sit out the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament that begins this weekend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2019
'Little Miss Sumo' wrestles with sexism in Japan's ancient sport
A young wrestler dubbed "Little Miss Sumo" is fighting sexism in the ancient Japanese sport, hoping to inspire other women to step into the ring and elevate sumo to Olympic status.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 24, 2019
Sumo superfan to skip basho finale, saying tight security for Trump is an unwelcome distraction
When U.S. President Donald Trump arrives with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take in live sumo wrestling on Sunday at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, security will be beefed up to its highest level — with bodyguards even on alert to protect the president from flying cushions tossed by excited fans, according to reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2018
JSA to rethink ring ban on women but confirms they can enter in emergencies
The Japan Sumo Association is re-examining its ban after women who were treating a stricken mayor in the ring for stroke were told to leave.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2018
Japan Sumo Association to hold meeting on Saturday to discuss its policy of excluding women from the ring
The Japan Sumo Association will hold an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors on Saturday to discuss its long-standing policy of excluding women from the sumo ring, the governing body said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 12, 2018
Girls barred from sumo event as JSA doubles down on gender exclusion
The organizer of a spring sumo tour on Thursday said the sport's governing body requested that girls be excluded from an event in which school-aged children joined wrestlers in the dohyō (ring).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2018
Takanohana handed fifth demotion as sumo world faces string of scandals
The stablemaster has been demoted by five ranks since January as sumo association fears impact on sport's popularity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2018
Sumo elder Takanohana fails to regain director seat on JSA board
The former yokozuna only wins two votes from the Japan Sumo Association's 101 elders in the first election since being demoted over last year's assault scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2018
Stablemaster Takanohana dismissed from post as director at Japan Sumo Association
The Japan Sumo Association board unanimously agreed to remove the sumo elder from his role — the first time a director has been dismissed before the end of his term.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2017
Harumafuji's stablemaster quits JSA board while Hakuho and Kakuryu slapped with pay cuts
Sumo stablemaster Isegahama, who oversaw former yokozuna Harumafuji, resigned Wednesday from the board of directors at the Japan Sumo Association over the yokozuna's assault on a fellow wrestler, while two other yokozuna, Hakuho and Kakuryu, were slapped with pay cuts over their failure to stop the altercation, the JSA said.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Salone del Mobile’s Maria Porro: ‘Italy and Japan share many things’
Since launching in 1961, the iconic Salone del Mobile furniture fair has firmly established Milan’s status as a leading force in the global design world
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
The unexpected ways in which Japanese words 'make it' into English
The Oxford English Dictionary contains 552 Japanese loanwords in English, a small number compared to the near 25,000 borrowings from French.

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