Sumo wrestlers throw beans amid scandal

Sumo wrestlers throw beans amid scandal

NARITA, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (R) and sekiwake Kisenosato scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2011, drawing some 35,000 worshippers. Baruto commented on the sumo match-fixing scandal which broke the previous day, saying that he was ''startled'' after watching the news on TV.

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