Japan Times & Advertiser, Saturday 13th June 1942(Morning Edition, page 2)

SUMO GIANTS UNDERGO INTENSIVE ARMY DRILL

Grapplers Led by Grand Champion Futabayama Answer Roll Call at Regimental Grounds

    Giant wrestlers of the sumo ring including 280 pound Grand Champion Futabayama, trooped into the regimental headquarters at Ushigome-Ku on Friday morning in answer to a roll-call for reservists, reports Domei.
    Clad in the popular National uniforms, the wrestlers received instructions and then went through a short and intensive drill in the grounds of the regimental headquarters
    The roll-call is being enforced for those in the Ushigome-Ku Reservists Association and the Sumo Reservists Association for two days beginning yesterday.