JAPANESE SUMO WRESTLERS DISPLAY THEIR SKILLS AT GATEWAY OF INDIA

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Japanese Sumo wrestlers demonstrated their skills at the Gateway of India on Friday, as the Maharashtra government and Japan’s Wakayama province renewed an MoU to strengthen cooperation in the area of tourism, food processing and wrestling.

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Shuhehi Kishimoto, Governor of Wakayama, was in Mumbai as the head of a 45-member delegation.

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Demonstrations of wrestling and sumo games were presented on this occasion.

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The Gateway of India was lit up, as it displayed pictures of Japanese sumo wrestlers on the occasion of MoU renewal signing ceremony. 

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Speaking at the event, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said Japan and India had signed an agreement related to tourism and food processing sectors in October 2013.

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Shinde said wrestling is popular on both sides so the sport has been included in the MoU.

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The sport directorate of Maharashtra and the Wakayama Prefecture Wrestling Federation were signatories of the pact.

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