On NHK-G, the General TV channel of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, had this bit of charming harassment of a child on a sumo wrestler, which was aired during the coverage of The 46th NHK Grand Sumo Charity Tournament that aired today.
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The great thing about the NHK Grand Sumo Charity Tournament is that they always invite the kids (boy and girls) to challenge the sumo wrestlers—often entire gangs of kids get to attack all at once. See below.
Since this is a “Charity Tournament” and does not count in the official sumo rankings, the wrestlers have a lot of fun.
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Sumo legend to get posthumous Japan award
Japan is to give one of its highest honours to a late sumo wrestler who dominated the sport in the 1960s and came to symbolise a golden era when homegrown stars ruled, an official said on Friday.
Agence-France-Presse | Last updated on Friday, 15 February 2013
Tokyo: “Japan is to give one of its highest honours to a late sumo wrestler who dominated the sport in the 1960s and came to symbolise a golden era when homegrown stars ruled, an official said on Friday.”
“Taiho, whose real name was Koki Naya, died of heart failure in hospital in Tokyo last month. He was 72.”
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You sure the rikishi hasn’t just shit that thing out?
Bad timing. In front of the rikishi, there stands another child; he’s saying to the kid “… pull my finger…”