NHK not to broadcast Nagoya sumo meet live due to gambling scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, speaks to reporters after talks with Shigeo Fukuchi, president of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp., widely known as NHK, at NHK headquarters in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. After the talks, 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.

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