Sumo scandal has Japan wondering

Mongolian muscleman Asashoryu is the focus of one of sumo’s biggest scandals ever – one that has all of Japan wondering if their cherished, ancient sport is on the take.

Sumo has been reeling since the weekly magazine Shukan Gendai published a series of articles alleging that yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu, 26, paid off his opponents to let him win a tournament last November, when the Mongolian marked a rare perfect 15-0 record to claim his 19th career title.