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SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 8, 2011
Aki Basho: Normal sumo service resumes in the capital — almost
Sunday Sep. 11 will see the Sumo Association resume the closest thing to normal service they can hope for in the present era of post-scandal reflection. It will be he first tourney back in the Ryogoku Kokugikan after a summer of much discontent and thus "coming home" to the capital will offer the powers that be the chance to win back a disaffected public.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Aug 1, 2011
Kaio calls it quits, while Harumafuji secures a shot at yokozuna promotion
From Day 1 at the recent Nagoya Basho the vultures were circling. Some went after the admittedly pathetically low attendances on the first few days of the basho as a sign that all is not well with the public's perception of sumo in the wake of the yaocho bout-buying scandal. Two of the first three days had attendances under half of the 8,000 capacity of the prefectural gymnasium, and the other day — a Sunday- peaked at 5,500. Unfortunately the same low attendances that affected the first few days persisted throughout. But for any long-term follower of sumo, the poor attendance at Nagoya Basho should come as no surprise.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 9, 2011
Bringing the focus back to the rikishi and sumo
On July 25, yokozuna Hakuho, barring major injury, or another basho-cancelling scandal, will mount the dohyo at around 5:45pm to be presented with his 20th Emperor's Cup to date.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jun 15, 2011
NSK gets a glimpse of a (potentially) bright future
In May the English soccer team Manchester United won their 19th English league championship to date — and the world watched on TV, the Internet and via a wealth of other media sources.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 4, 2011
Scandals offer a silver lining
Over 20 rikishi have thus far been expelled. Some have gone quietly picking up very nice severance packages on the way out the door. Others have promised legal battles ahead that will, in all likelihood, be timed to avoid a clash with a particular basho. Wherever the yaocho allegations, dismissals and court cases take the sport in the months ahead, one interesting change in the make-up of the sport could well be how it is broadcast to fans across Japan and the world.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Apr 8, 2011
The U.S. role in advancing amateur sumo
In the second of two interviews with globally respected officials involved in the international sumo game, Sumo Scribblings recently threw a few questions over the Pacific to Andrew Freund, the face of the United States Sumo Federation. In many ways far bigger in the sport than his slim physique would indicate, Andrew is undoubtedly a man with a passion, on a mission, and well aware of the bigger picture surrounding the sport at the amateur level stateside and across the globe.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Mar 9, 2011
A brighter side: amateur sumo
Given the dark days for the world of professional sumo and the suspension of the Haru Basho, Sumo Scribblings is turning its focus the amateur sumo season, which is just getting underway. To learn more about the landscape, we spoke with Katrina Watts, who serves as a board member of the International Sumo Federation as well as continental director for Oceania, and who is currently president of the Australian Sumo Federation.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Feb 26, 2011
Foreign sumo fans have their say on yaocho
In reaction to the yaocho (bout fixing) fracas enveloping sumo at present, many journalists in Japan and overseas have recently jumped on the sumo coverage bandwagon. Many have criticized the sumo association, the participants and their lifestyle and called for punishments, suspended basho and the like, without really giving a thought to repercussions.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 26, 2011
Hakuho on top again
Prediction correct from the pre-basho Sumo Scribblings in that Hakuho did indeed win the yusho. He did so yet again with a day to spare as his challengers gradually fell away during the second week. Maegashira and future sanyaku man Okinoumi (11-4) were the best of the chasing bunch, before being beaten on Day 14 to guarantee Hakuho the title on the day the Mongolian's latest child was born.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 8, 2011
Hakuho the benchmark for Hatsu Basho
2011 is now upon us. The first tournament of the year — the Hatsu Basho — begins on Jan. 9 running for 15 days before the Emperor's Cup winner is decided on the 23rd.
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Dec 29, 2010
Fan friendly sumo — a step in the right direction for the NSK
As 2010 draws to a close, the world of sumo is changing, little by little. Step by step.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Dec 4, 2010
A chance missed post Kyushu, 2010
Had any self-respecting sumo writer or fan been asked to predict the final score of ozeki Kaio prior to the Kyushu Basho, few would have predicted anything more than an 8-7 or perhaps 9-6 kachikoshi winning record.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Nov 12, 2010
Ones to watch in Fukuoka, in the spotlight and in the shadows
Come Sunday, two rikishi participating in sumo's makunouchi division at the Kyushu Basho down in Fukuoka will attract much of the media spotlight, and interest from fans.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Oct 28, 2010
A decade of trouble draws to a close
The world of sumo has been through a rough few years, but as the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, few serious fans would doubt that the future is looking brighter. Surely there is a silver lining in the dark clouds that have hovered above the sport since mid-2007.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 28, 2010
Nagoya's mixed bag of high fliers and ranking issues yet to come
Prior to the basho, it looked like Nagoya Basho 2010, would be remembered for just one thing: the gambling and the suspensions surrounding it. As the basho that saw a handful of top and second division rikishi suspended (and thus ending with 0-0-15 records), sumo at first appeared to be on a downward spiral with no end in sight.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jul 7, 2010
Nagoya Basho 2010 — a tournament that will live in infamy
For two months sumo has been rocked to its core by evidence of illegal gambling on baseball games, involvement with the Japanese underworld, and more recently claims by the man on the street that those in positions of power within the sumo association did precious little to stop this.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jun 19, 2010
Why can't sumo ever seem to get a break?
Sumo is once again under attack in the domestic media — this time on the back of twin allegations. First of all, there's the one involving seniors in the sport, known as oyakata, rubbing shoulders with the Japanese underworld and supplying choice tickets to their contacts at times. The other scandal covers some of the more famous names in the sport's senior-most makunouchi division have been gambling on baseball — a no-no in Japan where only limited opportunities to gamble are permitted by law (horse and powerboat racing, as well as football and cycling, the prime areas for those interested in a flutter).
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 25, 2010
Natsu Batsu signals changing times
Few sports fans in Japan will be unaware that yokozuna Hakuho recently walked away from the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan having claimed his 14th career Emperor's Cup with his 6th perfect 15-0 finish. 
Japan Times
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
May 5, 2010
Is ozeki Baruto the man to watch?
As is often the case when a sekiwake is promoted to ozeki, talk centers on him going just that little bit further in his career and making it all the way to yokozuna.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Apr 20, 2010
Sumo association between a rock and a place
Sumo has been around in organized form for over 250 years. As a sport in which the rankings and most of the promotion/demotion rules and regulations have remained unchanged, sumo has just turned 100.
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The National Diet building in Tokyo
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From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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