Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Gift of Special Collections, Norlin ...

Once again, a scandal of violence has emerged in Japan’s professional sumo world. Any form of malicious ... The environment of a martial art also inherently contains factors that could lead ...

Even more questionable is that the Japan Sumo Association, the governing body of professional sumo, has partly sided with such arguments. This spring, a panel of experts set up by the association ...