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"The head of a Japanese sumo stable has been fired by the sport's national body over the treatment of a 17-year-old wrestler who died following practice.
Tokitsukaze, 57, had caused a public scandal and damaged the sport's reputation, the Sumo Association said.
He has admitted hitting trainee Tokitaizan with a bottle and working him hard before his death in June.
He is only the second stable master to be fired. It is the latest crisis to hit Japan's national sport";
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan sumo boss fired over death
I don't know much about sumo, but i do know that the number of japanese wanting to become sumo wrestlers is declining and that this latest scandal in japanese sumo is unlikely to make things any better.
What do you think about japanese sumo at the moment? Do you watch it all?
Tokitsukaze, 57, had caused a public scandal and damaged the sport's reputation, the Sumo Association said.
He has admitted hitting trainee Tokitaizan with a bottle and working him hard before his death in June.
He is only the second stable master to be fired. It is the latest crisis to hit Japan's national sport";
Full story;
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan sumo boss fired over death
I don't know much about sumo, but i do know that the number of japanese wanting to become sumo wrestlers is declining and that this latest scandal in japanese sumo is unlikely to make things any better.
What do you think about japanese sumo at the moment? Do you watch it all?