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Japan's sumo wrestlers grapple with tradition
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
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As the sun rises over Tokyo, six men, naked apart from loincloths, stand on sand and stamp their feet repeatedly. Six trunk-like thighs are heaved into the air, pausing for a second before crashing down, the topknots on each wrestler's head wobbling
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Sumo: In Japan, National Sport Is Dominated by Foreigners
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
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Sumo In Japan, National Sport Is Dominated by Foreigners Kyodo News, via Associated Press The sumo wrestler Baruto, who is from Estonia, was thrown to the ground by Kaio during a match in Osaka in 2009. On the first day of the New Year Grand Sumo
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Taiho, Dominant Postwar Sumo Champ, Dies at 72
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
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He won the Emperor's Cup, sumo wrestling's top prize, a record 32 times. His death, of heart failure, was announced by the Japanese Sumo Association . Taiho, who made his debut in the mid-1950s, dominated his sport until the early '70s. Standing
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Make Japanese universities more or less like sumo world
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
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One of the reasons why Japanese universities are weak in their international competitiveness is found in the uniquely Japanese way in which educational and research projects are undertaken at the postgraduate level. Specifically, the fault lies in
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Crime › Sumo wrestlers take part in anti-yakuza parade
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 year ago
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Sumo wrestlers Kotoshogiku and Kisenosato took part in a police-organized parade in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Sunday to raise awareness of the National Police Agency's ongoing campaign to exclude organized crime gangs from society. Kotoshogiku and
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Arab sumo wrestler sparks media frenzy
Ōsaka :: Japan | 1 year ago
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With legs resembling tree trunks and packing the body weight of two average-sized men, sumo wrestling's Great Sandstormwould seem a good fit for the wildly popular Japanese sport. But Egypt's Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, the first professional sumo
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Video: Opera recruits sumo wrestlers
Toronto :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Sumo wrestlers tackle opera roles Published Friday, Mar. 16, 2012 3:52PM EDT Last updated Friday, Mar. 16, 2012 3:56PM EDT Canadian sumo wrestler Elmer Gale is looking forward to his big role with The Canadian Opera Company. An upcoming production
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Sumo wrestling in Guwahati
Guwāhāti :: India | over 1 year ago
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The organizers invited five champion sumo wrestlers at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre to popularize the sport in India, especially in the northeastern region. At the Japanese-style ring installed at the venue, the wrestlers not only took part in
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When titans clashed at ?Techofes'
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Sumo wrestlers provide a dash of variety to fest The vibrations that ran through the makeshift rooms backstage could have been mistaken to be from the booming speakers that were playing popular Tamil numbers...Two curtains away, his opponent, 42-year-
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VIDEO: Sumo New Year performance
Tōkyō :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Top sumo wrestler ushers in the New Year 6 January 2012 Last updated at 08:30 ET Hundreds of sumo fans and visitors have gathered at Tokyo's Meiji shrine to usher in the New Year with a performance by top sumo wrestlers. Dressed in nothing but a pink
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