Sumo grand champion visits quake-hit town

Sumo grand champion visits quake-hit town

Mongolian sumo grand champion Kakuryu (C) performs a ring-entering ritual in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 4, 2019, during an event hosted by the Japan Sumo Association in the town that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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