Atsuko Fujimoto
Retired Japanese teacher, 77
It has been said that match-fixing in sumo has been around since the Edo Period, so this is nothing new. What is new is that they got busted due to the high-tech means of mobile-phone text messages — in the old days there was no proof, so I find that ironic!
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