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Japan’s sacred sumo ring is off-limits to women, even its new prime minister

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring.
Japan Today

Japan's first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ring

Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she'll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ring. The winner ...
News4Jax

Why is Japan a hot spot for earthquakes? Here’s a look at the ‘Ring of Fire’

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan late Monday. Thereafter, a tsunami of 50 cm was measured just south of Aomori along the coast.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Japan’s first female leader faces taboo on entering male-only sumo ring

Grand champion Asashoryu of Mongolia, left, receives the Prime Minister’s Cup from Chief Cabinet Secretary and soon-to-be Premier Shinzo Abe at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Sumo Arena on September 24, 2006. — File ...