Sumo stablemaster Kise acknowledges ties with gang member

Sumo stablemaster Kise acknowledges ties with gang member

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Kise speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2010, about his ties with a gang member. Kise said he told an executives' meeting of the Japan Sumo Association in May that he had ties with a gang member until about three years ago.

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