[sumo] Asa as tycoon (was Asa August 11th part 2)

[John Racine]

>> ... there is a Mongolian newspaper reporting he is interested in buying
their national airline.   

> An airline, even a small one, is a purchase for a tycoon. Is Asashoryuu 
already this rich?  I don't see how he could have an after-expenses 
income of more than $1 million per year, no matter how big a champion he 
has been.  Something seems wrong with this rumor.
Barbara Murasakihana

Personally privatizing the national airline does seem like a monumental
task, but Joe's story doesn't mention if he'd have partners or not.

I've never been to Mongolia, but I suspect that the yen has about 10 times
the buying power there as it does here.  It sounds like his family was
already rich too.  I'm guessing that the average Mongolian household could
not afford to send their kids to school in Japan like Asa did.

John Racine