on this day: 1942

["Rowan Klein" <rowanchan@hotmail.com>]

Japan Times & Advertiser, Sunday 26th July 1942

Sumo Matches In Peking

    PEKING: A party of 147 Japanese sumo wrestlers including Futabayama, the 
yokozuna or grand champion, and such celebrities as Haguroyama, Maedayama, 
Nayoroiwa, and Tamanoumi are scheduled to come to North China for a tour 
this summer for the purpose of comforting the Japanese soldiers here.
    They will stage exhibition matches in Peking for four days from July 27 
to July 30, in Tsingtao for two days on August 2 and 3; in Tsinan for two 
days on August 5 and 6 and in Tsientsin for three days from August 8 to 10.





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