On Saturday, the annual Baby-cry Sumo contest was held at Sensoji temple in Tokyo. In the event, which is thought to bring good health, Japanese babies face

I have spent entire years of my life trying to keep babies smiley and happy, but sumo wrestlers in Tokyo hold a yearly contest to make babies cry.

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Another year, another nakizumo competition: An annual crying sumo contest for babies, in which pairs of infants are brought together to see who can cry the

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A man has been arrested for fatally abusing his baby son after getting angry at the infant for crying late at night, police said.

Tearjerkers, whether they be movies, TV series, or novels, are nothing new. What is new, however, is Japan's current "crying boom" - a fashion for shedding tears.

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Sumo wrestlers coaxed 80 babies, all less than a year old, to cry at last Sunday's annual baby-crying contest at Sensoji temple in Tokyo. The tiny winners are determined by who ...

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This land of stalwart samurai and knife-wielding ninja is getting positively teary-eyed..

This is why the English version of the manga and the novel use this title instead of the lengthy "Crying Out Love in the Center of the World". In Japan, the movie's title (Sekai no ...

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College sumo wrestlers hold toddlers Rion Yuine, left, and Seira Aoki during a contest known as Crying Sumo on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Babies face each other and are coaxed to ...