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Though even Royalty honors great sumos with medals and decorations, Mayor Nishikubo of Tokyo ranks, as an exponent of Kenjutsu (fencing), above the most renowned wrestlers and on a par with the most honored ju-jutsuists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Biggest Mayor | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

Recently the citizens of Tokyo chose famed swordsman-fencer Hiromichi Nishikubo as their Mayor. Last week he stepped upon a pair of scales to determine whether his now sedentary life has affected his weight. It has not. Mayor Nishikubo still weighs 238 pounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Biggest Mayor | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

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