Comments on: Sumo world’s ties to gangsters, baseball betting have long legacy

By: Japan Racing Association terminates license of horse trainer over gangster ties | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:03:47 +0000

[...] the world of sports, the problem with gangster associations has arisen in seat allocation, and the recent sumo scandal shows that sport to be no [...]

By: Sumo: Fat, naked Japanese men cover up | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:33:08 +0000

[...] For an article about sumo and gambling, go here. [...]

By: Entertainment world to follow sumo in baseball betting clampdown | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photography from Tokyo

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:52:48 +0000

[...] According to a person with knowledge of baseball betting, the enka singer has had a strong relationship with the former gang member. “He was a sponsor to the enka singer,” says the source. “That’s how the gambling started, and he became addicted. The gang member also has access to underground casinos, and he sponsored wrestler Chiyotaikai, the former ozeki, who was never questioned in the betting scandal. [...]

By: Sumo and Shame | Fusion Rule

Sumo and Shame | Fusion Rule — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:14:09 +0000

[...] there’s more from the Christian Science Monitor, the Japan Subculture Research Center and The Tokyo Reporter. The scandal runs so deep and has so corrupted the sport that the NHK refused to show the summer [...]

By: Japan: Mob collusion soils the sumo ring :: Elites TV

Japan: Mob collusion soils the sumo ring :: Elites TV — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:57:03 +0000

[...] down on those shadowy ties. The last straw was the discovery that some wrestlers were involved in betting on baseball matches [en] which is illegal in Japan. But already last year, police officers reacted swiftly when they [...]

By: Global Voices in English » Japan: Mob collusion soil the sumo ring

Global Voices in English » Japan: Mob collusion soil the sumo ring — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:43:22 +0000

By: Sumo world’s connection to mob begins in university | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photography from Tokyo

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:28:18 +0000

[...] between sumo and the criminal underworld run much deeper than simply the recent revelations that wrestlers frequently gamble on baseball games and provide seats to [...]

By: Illegal casinos in Tokyo under scrutiny after sumo betting scandal | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photography from Tokyo

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:27:28 +0000

[...] the illegal gambling activities of sumo wrestlers having been duly exposed in recent weeks, Weekly Playboy (July 26) reports that underground casinos are now coming under [...]