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The Japan Sumo Association announced it will not hold this winter’s traditional training tour in Kyushu because potential organizers have refused to host it in the wake of the scandal involving the wrestlers’ gambling on baseball and alleged ties to gangsters. Regional tours are held four times a year, and the winter tour is held in Kyushu after the November tournament in Fukuoka. These tours are a major source of revenue for sumo. One session in the summer tour has been canceled, but the remaining five days will be held as scheduled.