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...news conference, Wakanoho cried, repeatedly apologized and asked for a reinstatement. But a sport whose rituals and conventions are so intimately tied with a traditional sense of Japanese identity is not so easily able to forgive the Russian's transgressions. He was told by the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) that reinstating him was impossible. On September 11, Wakanoho filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against JSA, demanding his dismissal be reversed...
...JSA was seeking to make an example of Wakanoho, it may have backfired. Hoping to demonstrate that his was an isolated case of substance abuse, the association conducted surprise urine tests on the 69 wrestlers of the top two divisions. These turned up positive tests in two more Russian rikishi, the brothers Roho, 28 and Hakurozan, 26. Both denied using marijuana - Roho appeared on television, saying "I have never seen or even touched the stuff," while Hakurozan promised that a further test would clear their names. Bad idea. In the second test, this time administrated by the only Japanese facility...
...three wrestlers were not the only casualties in the marijuana scandal: On September 8, in order to take responsibility for the unprecedented upheaval, JSA chairman Kitanoumi, who had also been the stable master of Hakurozan, resigned his post and was replaced by Musashigawa, another former yokozuna...
...Sand Machine plays selections from their EP “Running of the Tree Frogs Week.” A cross between late Beatles, The Band, and Neil Young, Sand Machine will play alongside fellow Bostonians The Gulf, Freighttrain, and Medina Sod. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. $10. (JSA)Railroad Earth with Honkytonk Homeslice. This staple of the American roots music scene presents a blend of vocals and acoustic instrumentals to create its unique sound. Paradise Rock Club. 8 p.m. Tickets available through Next Ticketing. $15. (JDMC)The Figgs with Teenage Prayers and The Contact Highs. Together since their...
...with $215 million for the biggest version of the 747. To recoup the $10.7 billion it will expend to birth the A380, Airbus must sell 250 of them in five years. "The company has an awful lot of eggs in that basket," says Paul Nisbet, an industry analyst at JSA Research in Newport, R.I. "The A380 will live or die on its own sales...