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  "id": 18280412,
  "title": "Japan’s seemingly unchanging ancient sport of sumo may already be at peak optimization",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/japans-seemingly-unchanging-ancient-sport-of-sumo-may-already-be-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T09:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/11/05/sumo/sumo-modern-sports-science/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "You can walk into a sumo stable in Tokyo in 2026 and see roughly the same training patterns and methods as you would have in 1826.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}