Sumo wrestler arrested for marijuana possession

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Oguruma (C), besieged by reporters and photographers, bows in apology over the arrest of his apprentice wrestler Wakakirin for alleged possession of marijuana at the stable in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 30. Wakakirin, a wrestler in the second-tier juryo division, became the first Japanese sumo wrestler to be arrested in a marijuana case.

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