TOKYO (Reuters) - Former sumo grand champion Harumafuji has been fined 500,000 yen (3,283.66 pounds) for assaulting a junior wrestler, a court in Tottori, western Japan said on Thursday after prosecutors filed a summary indictment rather than seek a trial.
Harumafuji retired in November for injuring fellow Mongolian Takanoiwa while drinking at a restaurant-bar with other wrestlers, an incident that has threatened to taint the image of Japan's national sport just as it was regaining popularity.
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