Sumo wrestlers arrive in Taiwan for exhibition tour

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mongolian-born ozeki Hakuho (C) and other sumo wrestlers are welcomed by a ''lion'' at a Taipei hotel on Aug. 17 after arriving in Taiwan for a five-day exhibition tour that will include the first matches in the Japanese sport to be held in Taiwan since the end of World War II.

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