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Transcript: Scandals Plague Japanese Sumo Culture
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
10-07-2008
Scandals Plague Japanese Sumo Culture
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 8:00-9:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
From NPR news, this is All Things Considered. I'm Melissa Block.
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
And I'm Robert Siegel. Just as fall is World Series time in the U.S., in Japan it's time for the championships of Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling. This year, allegations of drug use and game rigging have left a cloud of scandal hanging over the sport. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Tokyo.
(Soundbite of crowd cheering)
ANTHONY KUHN: It's a packed house at the Kokugikan, or National Sport Hall, in central Tokyo. Extra-large Japanese men ...