The latest incident again taught us that it is difficult for those who do not hold the spirit of Japanese people to be bearers of the Japanese culture
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Kenshiro Matsunami, a former wrestler and one-time vice education and sports minister, referring to the marijuana scandal that has seen three Russian sumo wrestlers booted out of the sport. (AFP
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realteacher
Why does JT continue to put this drivel on the site? "those who don't hold the spirit...." sounds like a watered down Ishihara rap on foreigners... again.
WAKE UP FAT BOYS OF SWA, your sport has gone international, and without the interest of foreigners, sumo would in all likelihood die in the next decade. The last couple basho's I went to looked like a gathering of westerners anyway, at least so far as the crowd went. The vast majority of Japanese spectators were old geezers and their paid for dates.
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realteacher
Sorry, JSA, not SWA... oops, must have gotten carried away by my aryan roots. ;-)
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cleo
Matsunami is talking claptrap. Were the holders of the Japanese spirit who beat up the young lad in the sumo stable and then tried to cover it up by offering to take charge of his funeral 'bearers of the Japanese culture'?
The only Japanese spirit worth having is imojochu - and even that's messed up these days.
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Schutzstaffel
This man talks words of ignorance. These are typiuval words og people in high positions in Japan. it is a shame many Japanese and Japan loving foreigners on here will not criticize his comments
cleo- plaese inform me as to the meaning of imojochu.
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cleo
Schutzstaffel -
Sorry, imojochu is a clear strong liquor made from sweet potatoes and, apparently, rice. Lakefuls of the stuff have been recalled after the manufacturers realised they'd used contaminated, unfit-for-consumption rice to make it.
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Schutzstaffel
cleo- Thankyou for this information.
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nisegaijin
Yes, true Japanese spirit of beating your Kohai to death. Of course it is absolutely nothing compared to a gaijin smoking a joint on his free time in Roppongi. I sincerely hope that this moron will adhere to his true Japanese spirit and just jump off a bridge somewhere.
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borscht
I've heard people say for decades now that rice is Japanese culture. (Never mind 3/4 of the world cultivates and eats it). As Cleo pointed out, the company that sold rancid rice to the sake and shochu makers - do they have the Japanese spirit? Poisoning their fellow Japanese people? This is Japanese culture?
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outofmydepth
oh, i guess murdering a younger rikshi falls under the "spirit of japanese people." along with the tainted rice scandals, the mislabeled food scandals, murder, mayhem and suicide taking as many with you as possible. yes, that`s the japanese spirit. i do not think this man speaks for the majority of japanese.
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LFRAgain
I think Matsunami's statement falls squarely in the "What an ass" category.
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bushlover
I think he's right or the Sumo wrestler who possessed a controlled substance would have offed himself. That's really good Japanese Spirit. To off yourself when reality hits.
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