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Sumo association chief pledges reforms

NAGOYA, Japan - Acting Japan Sumo Association chief Hiroyoshi Murayama addresses a ceremony flanked by top wrestlers on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 25, 2010. Murayama apologized for a gangster-linked gambling scandal rocking the sport and pledged reforms of the association for future tournaments.

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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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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (front L), acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, meets with Shigeo Fukuchi (front R), president of public broadcaster NHK, in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. 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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Sports minister urges sumo circles to sever ties with gangs

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after talks with acting Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama. Kawabata urged Murayama to sever ties with mobsters to prevent a recurrence of the gambling scandal rocking the sport.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after being named by the Japan Sumo Association as JSA Chairman Musashigawa's fill-in. Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (R), a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, with Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa. Murayama will act as JSA chief because Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal.

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito, who heads a special investigative panel (L), JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L) and Hiroyoshi Murayama, former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief who is now a board member outside the JSA.

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NHK not to air Nagoya sumo meet live over scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (front L), acting chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, meets with Shigeo Fukuchi (front R), president of public broadcaster NHK, in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. 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. (Kyodo)

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

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. (Kyodo)

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Sports minister urges sumo circles to sever ties with gangs

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Tatsuo Kawabata speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after talks with acting Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama. Kawabata urged Murayama to sever ties with mobsters to prevent a recurrence of the gambling scandal rocking the sport. (Kyodo)

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama, a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, after being named by the Japan Sumo Association as JSA Chairman Musashigawa's fill-in. Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal. (Kyodo)

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyoshi Murayama (R), a former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010, with Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa. Murayama will act as JSA chief because Musashigawa will be suspended until the end of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which runs from July 11 to 25 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, over his disciples' involvement in a widespread gambling scandal. (Kyodo)

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Sumo association chief pledges reforms

NAGOYA, Japan - Acting Japan Sumo Association chief Hiroyoshi Murayama addresses a ceremony flanked by top wrestlers on the final day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 25, 2010. Murayama apologized for a gangster-linked gambling scandal rocking the sport and pledged reforms of the association for future tournaments. (Kyodo)

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JSA holds extra board meeting on illegal gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, to discuss illegal gambling on baseball by sumo stablemasters and wrestlers. Among the members attending the meeting is Shigeru Ito, who heads a special investigative panel (L), JSA Chairman Musashigawa (3rd from L) and Hiroyoshi Murayama, former Tokyo High Prosecutors Office chief who is now a board member outside the JSA. (Kyodo)