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Gaming world remains land of untapped potential for sumo

While the Madden series of NFL games have earned worldwide popularity, there hasn't been a sumo game released since 2002. | AP

While the Madden series of NFL games have earned worldwide popularity, there hasn't been a sumo game released since 2002. | AP

By John Gunning
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Jun 17, 2020

Details of the PlayStation 5, Sony’s latest console, were revealed in a livestream event on June 11.

The electronics giant also distributed information about several new and upgraded games, but unfortunately for fans of Japan’s national sport there was no mention of any sumo software.

It’s closing in on two decades since Japan Sumo Association — Official Japan Grand Sumo — Fighting Edition was released for the PlayStation 2.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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