Sumo applicants

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants hoping to become professional sumo wrestlers take a physical test at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. The sumo industry has been rocked by a series of scandals as Tokyo police sent papers to prosecutors on nine people, including four active sumo wrestlers and one former wrestler, suspected of gambling on the results of professional baseball games.

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