Sumo ass'n chief meets press

Sumo ass'n chief meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo elder Tokitsukaze meets with reporters at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 31 after being elected to his second two-year term as chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.

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