Nippon Times, Thursday 23rd January 1947 (Page 1)

Ex-Sumo Champ Beats Up Police But Fails to Save 'Sun Goddess'

    Several policemen were seriously injured Tuesday night when Futabayama, former Grand Champion of the Sumo World, attempted to prevent the local police from taking Yoshiko Nagaoka 45, the self styled "sun goddess" into custody for questioning.
    Futabayama was said to have fought off the police as if he were crazed, swinging chairs or throwing whatever articles he could grab hold of with the mighty strength of a sumo wrestlers.
    The incident started around 8 p.m. when the local police received information that the self styled "sun goddess" was secretly preparing to leave the city in fear of arrest.
    A squad of some 30 police surrounded the home of 'jiko-san" for the purpose of taking her into custody for questioning. Immediately, Futabayama created a one man riot in an attempt to prevent his "sun goddess" from the police.
    After a 30 minute fight with Futabayama, the police finally succeeded in arresting the "Jiko-san" along with Futabayama and several other followers.
    The "sun goddess", the Yomiuri reports, refused to appear at the Kanazawa Tamagawa police station Tuesday morning for questioning. Instead, she sent the emissaries. They were her finance minister and two maiden acolytes.
    At the police station, they were questioned by a psychiatrist and a whole battery of police chiefs. The verdict was "definitely mentally unbalanced." So after two hours of interrogation, during which the two acolytes slid into a trance, the three emissaries were released.
    The physchiatrist said he believes that the "sun goddess" herself may be a mental case.