Author Archives: Sarah Noorbakhsh

Reports of Nagoya tournament suffering due to sumo scandal

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 15 July 2010
Amongst much controversy, the Grand Sumo Nagoya Tournament has gone on (mostly) as planned, despite NHK’s refusal to broadcast the event and a boycott by a number of sponsors (but(...)
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One Piece voice actor arrested for obscene photos

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 13 July 2010
Voice actor for the popular anime One Piece, Norio Imamura, was arrested July 12 for displaying photos of the lower half of his body on his blog. According to police,(...)
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License-less Yamaguchi-gumi tattoo artist arrested

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 12 July 2010
A traditional tattoo artist, or horishi, was arrested July 10 for accepting money for tattoos without the proper medical license under violation of the medical practitioner’s law. The 36-year-old Hyogo-based(...)
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Dirty diapers: How the sumo scandal is a casualty of the National Police Agency war on the yakuza

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 10 July 2010
Sumo, yakuza, and gambling–What started as a scoop by weekly magazine Shukan Shincho revealing a somewhat imaginable connection between the three has blown up into a huge scandal that has(...)
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Kyoto yakuza arrested for attacking unmarked cop car

By Sarah Noorbakhsh | Published: 9 July 2010
Officers in an unmarked police car ran into unexpected trouble June 8 when they were approached and harassed by three members of the Kyoto-based Aizukotetsu-kai, who believed the car belonged(...)
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