Japan's sumo wrestlers grapple with tradition


TOKYO: As the sun rises over Tokyo, six men, naked apart from loincloths, stand on sand and stamp their feet repeatedly.

Six trunk-like thighs are heaved into the air, pausing for a second before crashing down, the topknots on each wrestler's head wobbling with the impact.

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