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By Kuniyuki Kamimura / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer

12:12 JST, November 28, 2025

The excitement and packed houses at the just completed grand tournament seemed like a different world than that of a few years ago, when sumo’s popularity fell into a major slump following a series of scandals.

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