NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster NHK, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. NHK decided not to televise the July 11-25 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament live due to a gambling scandal that has hit a number of sumo wrestlers and elders. (Kyodo)

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