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  LivinginokinawaJun. 30, 2010 - 12:36PM JST

  I am disappointed for my son who almost worships sumo and many of the wrestler's. I think that sumo will weather this storm but it is going to take a lot longer to erase the memory than some people may think.

  Sumo has been in the spotlight too much recently for the actions of some of it's wrestler's and this just adds one more burden that the Association has to deal with to regain fan support.

  Posted in: What sort of a future do you think sumo has, in view of the latest scandal over illegal gambling?

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  LivinginokinawaApr. 13, 2010 - 12:37PM JST

  Oh one other thing, again if memory serves me correctly, the government here owns something like 50% of JT and any new laws they choose to put into effect limiting smoking will just be cutting off one of their own sources of revenue.

  Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run

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  LivinginokinawaApr. 13, 2010 - 12:32PM JST

  Raise the taxes on the smokes... in Japan there's no tax on tobacco, so I have to pay their taxes.

  Japanese cig's are most definitely "taxed" in fact iirc the taxes collected from tobacco sales alone here in Japan comes out to something like 1% of all tax revenues collected by the government.

  Posted in: Anti-smoking 'monsters' have smokers on the run

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