TOKYO: A female Japanese mayor was barred from delivering a speech inside a sumo ring a day after controversy erupted over a longstanding ban on women entering the sport’s rings.
On Thursday, Japan’s sumo association chief made headlines at home and abroad after issuing an apology to several women who were ordered out of a sumo ring while trying to offer life-saving medical assistance.
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