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Re: Asashoryu

At 12:00 AM +0000 7/26/02, Joe Petrow wrote:
>
>Asashoryu and his parents were guests on the Japanese nightly news
>program "News Station"  Among the background material they ran was
>when they showed footage of his parents in their home in Mongolia
>calling Asashoryu congratulating him on his promotion.  It was
>actually just an apartment in Ulaan Baatar, and not a particularly
>impressive one at that (though maybe pretty good by Mongolian
>standards?)  Anyway, has Asashoryu really built himself such a huge
>house while allowing his parents to live in a dump?

Several years ago Kyokushuzan built a palatial house for his family; I 
wouldn't have thought Asashoryu would have had time yet to do the same. But 
this is only a guess. A year or so ago, I  recall Asashoryu mentioning 
buying more livestock to replace what had died in the severe winters.

~Doreen Simmons
      <jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp>~