Hakuho send message to encourage student wrestlers

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho holds a card with his palm print and autograph along with a message of encouragement at Miyagino stable in Tokyo on March 29, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association decided to send such cards and other items to members of the sumo club at Otsuchi Junior High School in quake-hit Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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