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36-404: The Fukuoka Kokusai Center opened in 1981 (43 years ago)  ( 1981 ) . A Sumo Tournament is held here every November. Many Grand Sumo Tournaments are held here and all attract many visitors. Marine Messe Fukuoka opened in 1995 (29 years ago)  ( 1995 ) for the 1995 Summer Universiade . One of its main uses is as an indoor sporting arena . The capacity of the arena

72-694: A disclaimer since September 19, 2002: "WaiWai stories are transcriptions of articles that originally appeared in Japanese language publications. The Mainichi Daily News cannot be held responsible for the content of the original articles, nor does it guarantee their accuracy. Views expressed in the WaiWai column are not necessarily those held by the Mainichi Daily News or the Mainichi Newspapers Co." Nevertheless, WaiWai content

108-566: A news site J-CAST reported on this issue. The Mainichi editorial board responded by deleting controversial WaiWai articles and limiting archive access, but the column remained in the Sunday Mainichi . Citing continuing criticism, Mainichi's Digital Media Division shut down WaiWai on June 21. Mainichi also announced it would "severely punish the head of the Digital Media Division, which is responsible for overseeing

144-631: A period of one or two months. On July 20, 2008, Mainichi released the results of an in-house investigation. Mainichi announced that it would re-organize the MDN Editorial Department on August 1 with a new chief editor, and re-launch the MDN on September 1 as a more news-oriented site. Mainichi said, "We continued to post articles that contained incorrect information about Japan and indecent sexual content. These articles, many of which were not checked, should not have been dispatched to Japan or

180-643: A sports venue in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Honbasho A honbasho ( Japanese : 本場所 ) , or Grand Sumo Tournament in English, is an official professional sumo tournament. Only honbasho results matter in determining promotion and relegation for rikishi (sumo wrestlers) on the banzuke ranking. The number of honbasho held every year and their length has varied; since 1958 there are six tournaments held over 15 consecutive days in four locations every year. Since 1926

216-405: A tournament day and may be announced from the dohyō the day prior by a senior gyōji . Although there is no fixed method, for the first half of a tournament the top makuuchi division will generally see its higher-ranked wrestlers ( san'yaku ) paired against its lower-ranked wrestlers ( maegashira ), with the rest of the maegashira fighting among ranks closer in strength. The schedule for

252-502: A wrestler misses will be regarded as losses when drawing up the next tournament's rankings. If a withdrawal results in an odd number of wrestlers in one division, the schedule is filled in by pairing a lower-ranked wrestler against a higher-ranked wrestler from the next-lowest division. The Ryōgoku Kokugikan is owned by the Japan Sumo Association and is therefore the only venue set up for sumo all year round. Preparing

288-529: Is often called hana-sumo ( lit. flower-sumo) as it is not taken as seriously by the wrestlers. In the Edo period , the locations of sumo tournaments and the rikishi (sumo wrestlers) who competed in them varied. Sumo was particularly popular in the cities of Edo , Kyoto , and Osaka ; with tournaments held twice a year in Edo, and once a year in both Kyoto and Osaka. The tournaments lasted 10 days each. In 1926,

324-540: Is the 30kg sterling silver Emperor's Cup . Since 1947, three special prizes called sanshō may be awarded to wrestlers in the makuuchi division for exceptional performances during a honbasho . With honbasho lasting 15 days, sumo wrestlers ranked in the top two divisions ( makuuchi and jūryō ) wrestle once a day, while those of the lower divisions wrestle seven times total, approximately once every alternate day. The lower division matches begin at 8:30am. As honbasho results determine promotion and relegation on

360-595: Is up to 15,000 people for sports events and up to 13,000 people for concerts. It hosted the 1999 Asian Basketball Championship , the 2001 World Aquatics Championships and the preliminary rounds during the 2006 Volleyball World Championship Japanese musicians Misia , Koda Kumi , and Ayumi Hamasaki commonly play here for arena tours. The Fukuoka International Congress Center opened in 2003 (21 years ago)  ( 2003 ) . 33°36′14″N 130°24′14″E  /  33.603998°N 130.403857°E  / 33.603998; 130.403857 This article about

396-468: The Mainichi Shimbun , which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called The Mainichi (previously Mainichi Daily News , abbreviated MDN), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, Mainichi Weekly . It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, Sunday Mainichi . It is one of

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432-748: The Sports Nippon Newspaper . (despite affiliation, the Mainichi does not have majority ownership in TBS nor in MBS) The Mainichi is the only Japanese newspaper company to have won a Pulitzer Prize , for the 1960 photograph "Tokyo Stabbing", which captured the 1960 assassination of Inejirō Asanuma , chairman of the Japan Socialist Party . The Japan Newspapers Association, made up of 180 news organizations, has granted

468-421: The banzuke , the first aim for most wrestlers is to achieve kachi-koshi , or a majority of wins, and thus ensure a promotion for the next tournament. A playoff on the final day is used to decide the winner in case of a tie. Unless a playoff is required, two wrestlers will fight each other no more than once in a whole tournament. The bout schedule is set by a committee of toshiyori a day or two in advance of

504-583: The honbasho are organized by the Japan Sumo Association , after the merger of the Tokyo and Osaka sumo associations. The term honbasho means "main (or real) tournament" and is used to distinguish these tournaments from unofficial tournaments which are held as part of sumo tours, between the six major tournaments. Such display tournaments may have prize money attached but a wrestler's performance has no effect on his ranking. This type of sumo

540-778: The 1950s through 1984, tournaments were held at the Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo. The sumo tournament held in Nagoya every July is scheduled to move from the older Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Dolphins Arena) to the new IG Arena starting in 2025, which the Japan Sumo Association will refer to as the Aichi International Arena. The March 2011 tournament was cancelled due to the Japan Sumo Association launching an investigation into allegations of match-fixing involving several sekitori -ranked wrestlers. This

576-614: The Mainichi its Grand Prix award on 21 occasions, making the Mainichi the most frequent winner of the prize since its inception in 1957. On 15 January 2004, Mainichi Shimbun and MSN Japan announced they were to merge their websites. The partnership has been known as MSN-Mainichi Interactive  [ ja ] , effective since 1 April 2004. On 18 September 2007, Mainichi announced the launch of their new website, mainichi.jp, which would include "heavy use of social bookmarking, RSS and blog parts" and would "pay attention to bloggers ". The new website began operations on 1 October 2007, marking

612-451: The best record of a honbasho . The term yūshō emerged to indicate a wrestler who had finished with a perfect record, but has since come to denote the tournament champion regardless of his record. Each division has a championship prize for the wrestler with the most wins. The winner of the top makuuchi division's honbasho receives a plethora of trophies and prizes from various organizations, regions and countries, but most notable

648-408: The border of a winning and losing record to win and achieve a kachi-koshi ; wrestlers with top records will also face each other to increase the possibility of a decisive bout. Matchmaking in the second-highest jūryō division works somewhat similarly to the top division, although there are no san'yaku . In the third-highest makushita division and below, wrestlers are matched against those with

684-754: The contest. Therefore, according to the journalists Asami Kazuo and Suzuki Jiro, writing in the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun of 13 December, they decided to begin another contest with the goal of 150 kills. The Nichi Nichi headline of the story of 13 December read " 'Incredible Record' [in the Contest to] Behead 100 People—Mukai 106 – 105 Noda—Both 2nd Lieutenants Go Into Extra Innings". The Mainichi Daily News column WaiWai, by Australian journalist Ryann Connell, featured often-sensationalist stories, principally translated from and based on articles appearing in Japanese tabloids. The column carried

720-554: The end of MSN-Mainichi Interactive, being replaced by mainichi.jp. The English-language Mainichi Daily News also moved to the new website. MSN-Japan switched to Sankei Shimbun . In 1937, the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun and its sister newspaper, the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun , covered a contest between two Japanese officers, Toshiaki Mukai ( 向井 敏明 ) and Tsuyoshi Noda ( 野田 毅 ) , in which

756-483: The first award for performances in 1889, giving it to any wrestler who finished a tournament undefeated. Other newspapers quickly followed with their own awards. However, these prizes went unclaimed if no rikishi finished undefeated. Wanting a way to decide a definite winner each tournament, by 1900 daily newspapers such as the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun had begun bestowing awards on the wrestler with

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792-673: The four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are The Asahi Shimbun , the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun . The Sankei Shimbun and the Chunichi Shimbun are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for both. The history of the Mainichi Shimbun began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period . The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun

828-436: The newly formed Japan Sumo Association increased the number of honbasho held each year from two to four. In 1928, they introduced rules such as marking uncontested bouts as forfeitures ( fusenshō ) to help guarantee tournaments end with a clear winner. A playoff structure was implemented in 1947 to decide a champion in the case of tied records. In 1949, the length of the tournaments was extended from 10 days to 15. In 1958,

864-404: The number of honbasho held each year increased again, this time to six. Before the 19th century, a wrestler's record at a tournament was of little consequence, and promotion through the banzuke ranks was more closely tied to popularity. In 1884, the Yomiuri Shimbun began publishing rudimentary summaries of honbasho results in their newspaper. The newspaper Jiji Shinpō began offering

900-574: The other venues for their respective honbasho begins a week in advance. 2020's July and November tournaments and the March 2021 tournament were all held at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo to avoid unnecessary travel during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan . The current Ryōgoku Kokugikan was opened in 1985. Prior to that an arena of the same name hosted honbasho in Tokyo from 1909 to 1946. From

936-426: The same record almost without exception, with ranks kept as close as possible. Outside playoff bouts, neither wrestlers from the same heya (stable) nor wrestlers related by blood are scheduled to fight each other in any division. If a wrestler has withdrawn due to injury or retirement from a scheduled bout, his opponent wins by default ( fusenshō ). A loss by default is known as fusenpai . Any remaining bouts that

972-544: The second half of the tournament will have mainly san'yaku fighting each other, with the remainder of the ranks determined by their win–loss records up to that point. One consideration is to minimize the necessity for a tie-breaking bout, particularly if a contender for the championship is lower-ranked and has thus far faced only other lower-ranked wrestlers. In the last day, wrestlers with 7-7 records are scheduled to face each other if possible, to avoid any possibility of match-fixing where wrestlers will allow another wrestler on

1008-524: The site, the manager responsible for the column and the editor involved with the stories." On June 25, Mainichi apologized to MDN readers. Some advertisers responded to the campaign by pulling ads from Mainichi' s Japanese site. On June 28, 2008, Mainichi announced punitive measures. Connell, who remained anonymous in the announcement, was suspended for three months ("issuing three months' disciplinary leave"). Other involved personnel were either docked 10%–20% salary or "stripped of their titles" for

1044-543: The two men were described as vying with one another to be the first to kill 100 people with a sword. The competition supposedly took place en route to Nanjing prior to the infamous Nanjing Massacre , and was covered in four articles from 30 November 1937, to 13 December 1937; the last two being translated in the Japan Advertiser . Both officers supposedly surpassed their goal during the heat of battle, making it difficult to determine which officer had actually won

1080-576: The world. We apologize deeply for causing many people trouble and for betraying the public's trust in the Mainichi Shimbun." Like other Japanese newspaper companies, Mainichi hosts many cultural events such as art exhibitions and sporting events. Among them, the most famous are the Senbatsu High School baseball tournament held every spring at Koshien Stadium , and the non-professional baseball tournaments held every summer in

1116-428: The wrestlers during the tournament were found to be infected with COVID-19, the rest of the tournament would have been cancelled. The May tournament that year was cancelled as the pandemic continued in Japan. Mainichi Shimbun The Mainichi Shimbun ( 毎日新聞 , lit.   ' Daily Newspaper ' ) is one of the major newspapers in Japan , published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. In addition to

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1152-482: Was conducted without spectators due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and surrounding areas. It was the first time since World War II that a basho had been closed to the general public. The move followed a request from the Japanese Government that major public events be cancelled, postponed or scaled down in order to control the spread of the virus. The Sumo Association added that if any of

1188-416: Was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper with its 136-year history. The Osaka Mainichi Shimbun was founded four years later, in 1876. The two papers merged in 1911, but the two companies continued to print their newspapers independently until 1943, when both editions were placed under a Mainichi Shimbun masthead . In 1966, the Tokyo office

1224-466: Was moved from Yurakucho to Takebashi, and in 1992, the Osaka office was moved from Dojima to Nishi-Umeda. The Mainichi has 3,200 employees working in 364 offices in Japan and 26 bureaus overseas. It is one of Japan's three largest newspapers in terms of circulation and number of employees, and has 79 associated companies, including Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) and

1260-498: Was reported as fact in blogs and reputable foreign media sources. In April and May 2008, an aggressive anti- WaiWai campaign appeared on internet forums including 2channel . Criticism included "contents are too vulgar" and "the stories could cause Japanese people to be misunderstood abroad." Critics had accused the WaiWai column of propagating a racist stereotype of Japanese women as sexual deviants with its sensationalist stories about incest, bestiality and debauchery. On June 20,

1296-606: Was the first cancellation of a honbasho since 1946, when the May tournament was not held because of renovations to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan following damage sustained in World War II . The May 2011 tournament went ahead but was described by the Sumo Association as a "Technical Examination Tournament" rather than a full-fledged honbasho , with free admission and no prize money or trophies awarded. The March 2020 tournament

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