Japan’s Big Fat Sumo Controversy

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  03.15.07 | 3:48 PM ET

imageIs Japan’s beloved sport of sumo wrestling scripted and fake? A weekly Japanese magazine recently published allegations that the sport’s champion wrestler from Mongolia, Asashoryu, has won so many tournaments lately because he has bribed other wrestlers, according to a story in today’s Los Angeles Times. While plenty of fans apparently don’t buy the allegations, the charges have rocked the sumo world and raised eyebrows at a big tournament now underway in Osaka. Reports the Times, “Many are on the lookout for signs of choreography.” Say it ain’t so.

Tags: Asia, Japan, Mongolia


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