Is the sumo career of top division wrestler Abi over?
The 26-year-old¡¯s hopes of remaining a professional athlete after his most recent antics won¡¯t be helped by the fact that the Japan Sumo Association has, for decades, used a version of cancel culture to punish wayward wrestlers and stablemasters.
Many of those who have transgressed against the JSA¡¯s myriad rules (whether official or unwritten) in the past have found themselves out of the sport in short order, with no hope of ever making a return.
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