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  • Sumo in the City: Star of the dohyo becomes finance bro

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    A star of this week’s Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall has been spotted trying his hand at finance. Akira Takayasu, who is competing in South Kensington in the second Grand Sumo Tournament to leave Japan in 1,500 years, got stuck in at City stalwart Mizuho Financial Group on Thursday. The 35-year-old, famed [...]

    Mizuho Bank executives attending a sumo wrestling event, highlighting cultural engagement and business networking in Japan.

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