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Wrestlers train during a practice session at a sumo camp in Tottori Johoku High School in Tottori, Japan, on July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) ** FILE **

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

- Associated Press

Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It's a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: Women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyo in Japanese.