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Yaocho
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Chris Gould
What did the special investigation committee into match-fixing conclude?
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Book
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Chris Gould
How does Mark Panek's new sumo text shape up?
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Menko
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Ryan Laughton
What expert advice is Ryan offering this time?
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Morph
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Olivia Nagioff
What is on the menu in this issue's Morph Corner
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Photo
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Chris Gould
Which wrestlers paid the price for match-fixing?
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Ticket
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George Colona
A sumo fan urges the sumo association to keep a time-honored pledge
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What does a Hawaiian fan think of the match-fixing investigation?
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Chris Gould
Sumo can inspire in times of earthquakes. Ask the Kansai folk
who attended the 1995 Osaka Basho. Less than two months earlier, on
that now fateful day of January 17th 1995, the Kansai region had been
rocked by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which claimed the lives of
over 6000 people. Read more...
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Olivia Nagioff
Who cooked whose goose?
See more...
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Chris Gould
Named. Shamed. Disgraced. Such was the fate for 23 sumo wrestlers after
the Special Investigative Committee into the Match-Fixing Scandal reported its
findings on April 1st. The same sumo association which had ridiculed match-fixing
allegations for centuries was now being forced to castigate 23 members for this very practice. Read more...
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George Colona
In 1957, two years after George Colona moved to Japan, the Sumo
Association promised to widen access to premium tickets in the wake
of a ticket distribution scandal. Fifty four years on, Mr Colona is
still waiting for any noticeable signs of change. Read more...
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Chris Gould
Mark Panek's second book is certainly an epic: a bold attempt to
explain a Hawaiian sumo wrestler's career in the complex context of
adverse domestic circumstances and addiction to drugs. It is a novel
approach to covering Japan's national sport, and – for the most part –
makes the reader want to keep turning pages. Read more...
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Ryan Laughton
The first known sumo set to be issued with candy is the 1959 Karuso
Cookie Set which was issued with boxes of cookies. These were color cards
printed on thin paper and meant to be collected and then redeemed for prizes
or more cookies. Unfortunately, there are no names on the cards so some
rikishi are almost impossible to identify.
Read more...
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