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Omicron threatens to extend sumo’s two-year absence from Osaka

Osaka Basho at Osaka Prefectural Gym on March 27, 2016. | JOHN GUNNING

Osaka Basho at Osaka Prefectural Gym on March 27, 2016. | JOHN GUNNING

By John Gunning
Contributing Writer

Feb 9, 2022

Is the spring sumo tournament in danger of being canceled?

The question has suddenly arisen as Japan’s national sport struggles to deal with a wave of infections that has already resulted in two of sumo’s most significant one-day meets being called off in the past week.

The 46th edition of the Fuji TV-backed Japan Grand Sumo Tournament and the 54th running of NHK’s Charity Grand Sumo, scheduled for Feb. 6 and 11 respectively, will not be taking place.

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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