Sumo Association restarts as public-interest foundation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yokozuna Kitanoumi, head of the Japan Sumo Association, meets reporters at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo hall in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014, following the conversion of the association's status to a public-interest foundation.

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