THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 8, 2020 at 18:04 JST
Carriers of a drum circle the dohyo three times to announce the opening of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 7. (Ryusaburo Matsumoto)
OSAKA--In an eerily quiet setting, a subdued Spring Grand Sumo Tournament opened here on March 8 without spectators due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Japan. [Read More]
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