[sumo] Ex-Tokitsukaze denied bail

[Sumocypher at aol.com]

I wonder if they will ever call the dastardly deed "murder" or  
"manslaughter" instead of "fatal assault", or are the two harsher words not  really a part 
of the Japanese language. I'm not criticizing, just  wondering.
 
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Ex-stablemaster denied bail over young sumo wrestler's  death
 
NAGOYA -- A court here has refused to release on bail a former sumo  
stablemaster under indictment for fatally assaulting a wrestler. 
The Nagoya District Court has handed down the decision in response to a  
request made Friday by former stablemaster Tokitsukaze, whose real name is  
Junichi Yamamoto. 
Yamamoto was indicted on Friday along with three wrestlers for fatally  
assaulting Takashi Saito, 17, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, on June 25 and 26  
last year as punishment for fleeing from the stable. 
Following the incident, 58-year-old Yamamoto was sacked as stablemaster and  
expelled from the Japan Sumo Association. The association is expected to 
convene  an emergency board meeting to decide on punitive measures against the 
three  wrestlers.




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