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Murals at Tokyo's National Stadium to be preserved

TOKYO, Japan - A mosaic mural featuring Nominosukune, a legendary warrior considered a deity of sumo, at the National Stadium in Tokyo is photographed in May 2014. A total of 13 murals will be transferred to another site ahead of the demolition of the stadium starting in July to make way for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Yokozuna wrestlers wish children healthy growth

TOKYO, Japan - Professional sumo's three highest-ranked wrestlers, yokozunas Kakuryu (L), Hakuho (C) and Harumafuji, hold babies and toddlers at an event wishing them healthy growth in the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on April 29, 2014.

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Hakuho serves hot pot dish to evacuees in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (R) serves a hot pot dish to evacuees, as other sumo wrestlers prepare it, at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, western Tokyo, on April 15, 2011. Some 100 people, who fled their homes due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, are staying at the center.

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Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster and former yokozuna Takanohana (R) measures the height of a Nippon Sport Science University senior at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on March 5, 2011. Sumo drew the fewest new recruits ever in light of a match fixing scandal as the Japan Sumo Association tested just 36 applicants the same day.

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Cancellation of spring sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Kisenosato (C), surrounded by reporters, walks into the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2011. Kisenosato was expected to vie for promotion to ozeki in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament which has been canceled due to a bout-rigging racket.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (2nd R, in blue kimono) who arrived at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011, a day after a match-fixing scandal rocked the sport. Police said Feb. 2 text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers enter Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on Feb. 3, 2011, a day after a match-fixing scandal rocked the sport. Police said Feb. 2 text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (C) after he emerged from the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated in a police investigation into a separate scandal involving organized baseball gambling among sumo wrestlers.

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Japan vs Netherlands in World Cup Group E match

DURBAN, South Africa - A Netherlands supporter wearing a stuffed sumo wrestler costume holds up a replica of the World Cup trophy before a World Cup Group E match between Japan and the Netherlands at Durban Stadium in Durban, South Africa, on June 19, 2010.

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Ex-sumo wrestler Takamiyama in ballpark

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hawaii-born former high-ranking sumo wrestler Daigoro Takamiyama throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yokohama BayStars and the Hiroshima Carp at Yokohama Stadium on Aug. 15.

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Sumo: Dejima ends Asa's winning streak at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu shoved out of the ring by former ozeki Dejima on Jan. 9 at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament held at the Kokugikan stadium, snapping his winning streak at 18 matches.

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Sumo: Dejima ends Asa's winning streak at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Former ozeki Dejima shoves Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu out of the ring on Jan. 9 at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament held at the Kokugikan stadium.

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(2)Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia wins summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia, surrounded by supporters, poses with the Emperor's Cup at Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo May 23 after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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(1)Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia wins summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia (R) reacts to cheers from sumo fans in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo May 23 during a victory motorcade after winning the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating Hokutoriki in a playoff.

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Musashimaru breezes through on 1st day of Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) manhandles komusubi Tosanoumi for a convincing win on the opening-day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Stadium on July 7.

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Kaio toppled by Tochinonada

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio is toppled backward by top-ranked maegashira Tochinonada on the opening-day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Stadium on July 7.

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Uchidate sits on sumo council

TOKYO, Japan - Makiko Uchidate (C, background), a playwright, observes sumo wrestlers as they go through their paces Dec. 25 at the Sumo Stadium in Ryogoku, Tokyo, in her capacity as a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council. Uchidate is the first woman to serve on the council, which oversees the promotion of wrestlers to sumo's highest rank.

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Greek athletes lead teams into stadium

Sumo wrestler Ozeki Takanonami leads the Greek Olympic squad into the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Games on Feb. 7.

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Sumo: Dejima ends Asa's winning streak at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu shoved out of the ring by former ozeki Dejima on Jan. 9 at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament held at the Kokugikan stadium, snapping his winning streak at 18 matches. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Dejima ends Asa's winning streak at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Former ozeki Dejima shoves Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu out of the ring on Jan. 9 at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament held at the Kokugikan stadium. (Kyodo)

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Kaio toppled by Tochinonada

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio is toppled backward by top-ranked maegashira Tochinonada on the opening-day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Stadium on July 7.

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Musashimaru breezes through on 1st day of Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru (R) manhandles komusubi Tosanoumi for a convincing win on the opening-day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Stadium on July 7.

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Sumo grand champion Hakuho throws ceremonial 1st pitch

LOS ANGELES, United States - Hakuho (L), Japanese sumo grand champion, shakes hands with Chicago Cubs right fielder Kosuke Fukudome at Dodger Stadium on June 6 ahead of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hakuho threw the ceremonial first pitch in the game. (Kyodo)

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Sumo grand champion Hakuho throws ceremonial 1st pitch

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japanese sumo grand champion Hakuho throws the ceremonial first pitch in a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 6 (Kyodo)

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Japan vs Netherlands in World Cup Group E match

DURBAN, South Africa - A Netherlands supporter wearing a stuffed sumo wrestler costume holds up a replica of the World Cup trophy before a World Cup Group E match between Japan and the Netherlands at Durban Stadium in Durban, South Africa, on June 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho serves hot pot dish to evacuees in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho (R) serves a hot pot dish to evacuees, as other sumo wrestlers prepare it, at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, western Tokyo, on April 15, 2011. Some 100 people, who fled their homes due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, are staying at the center. (Kyodo)

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Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - Stablemaster and former yokozuna Takanohana (R) measures the height of a Nippon Sport Science University senior at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on March 5, 2011. Sumo drew the fewest new recruits ever in light of a match fixing scandal as the Japan Sumo Association tested just 36 applicants the same day. (Kyodo)

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Cancellation of spring sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Kisenosato, surrounded by reporters, walks into the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2011. Kisenosato was expected to vie for promotion to ozeki in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament which has been canceled due to a bout-rigging racket. (Kyodo)

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (2nd R, in blue kimono) who arrived at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011, a day after a match-fixing scandal rocked the sport. Police said Feb. 2 text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones. (Kyodo)

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers enter Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium on Feb. 3, 2011, a day after a match-fixing scandal rocked the sport. Police said Feb. 2 text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones. (Kyodo)

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media approach a sumo wrestler (C) after he emerged from the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011, after it was reported the same day that text messages implying that wrestlers have routinely bought and sold their wins for several hundred thousand yen per bout were found on several sumo wrestlers' cellphones confiscated in a police investigation into a separate scandal involving organized baseball gambling among sumo wrestlers. (Kyodo)

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Murals at Tokyo's National Stadium to be preserved

TOKYO, Japan - A mosaic mural featuring Nominosukune, a legendary warrior considered a deity of sumo, at the National Stadium in Tokyo is photographed in May 2014. A total of 13 murals will be transferred to another site ahead of the demolition of the stadium starting in July to make way for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Kyodo)

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Ex-sumo wrestler Takamiyama in ballpark

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hawaii-born former high-ranking sumo wrestler Daigoro Takamiyama throws the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Yokohama BayStars and the Hiroshima Carp at Yokohama Stadium on Aug. 15. (Kyodo)

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(2)Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia wins summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia, surrounded by supporters, poses with the Emperor's Cup at Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo May 23 after winning the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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(1)Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia wins summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu of Mongolia (R) reacts to cheers from sumo fans in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo May 23 during a victory motorcade after winning the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament by defeating Hokutoriki in a playoff. (Kyodo)

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Uchidate sits on sumo council

TOKYO, Japan - Makiko Uchidate (C, background), a playwright, observes sumo wrestlers as they go through their paces Dec. 25 at the Sumo Stadium in Ryogoku, Tokyo, in her capacity as a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council. Uchidate is the first woman to serve on the council, which oversees the promotion of wrestlers to sumo's highest rank.