内容摘要：and the subsequent wave of nationwide protests. He also appeared in music videos which criticized the authorities.

and the subsequent wave of nationwide protests. He also appeared in music videos which criticized the authorities.

“After 25 years of loving sumo and being loved by sumo, I want to advance toward a new dream,” Hakuho told reporters Monday at a Tokyo hotel.Hakuho said he wants to create a body to govern sumo outside Japan — the “world sumo project.” He called it a “new dream” to “expand sumo to the world.”

“When I think of my situation, I think it’s best to contribute to sumo from the outside,” he said, wearing a dark suit and referring to the Japan Sumo Association.Appearing with a lawyer and other officials he had tapped for his team, Hakuho said they were getting corporate sponsors to back sumo grand slams, which draw amateur sumo wrestlers from around the world, including children and women.Hakuho said he was friends with Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda, who has expressed interest in supporting his efforts. Toyota already supports various amateur and professional sports activities.

Toyota comfirmed Akio Toyoda’s friendship with Hakuho.“He (Hahuko) is devoted to trying to bring the world closer together through sumo,” the company quoted Akio Toyoda saying in a statement.

Many regard the Mongolia-born Hakuko as the greatest champion in the sport’s history and he holds many of its records.

, who went by the given name of Monkhbat, was an Olympic silver medalist for Mongolia in 1968. He also competed in at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.and the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in 1957 to escort nine Black students as they integrated a previously white-only school.

In this Sept. 26, 1957, file photo, members of the 101st Airborne Division take up positions outside Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. The troops were on duty to enforce integration at the school. (AP Photo/File)In this Sept. 26, 1957, file photo, members of the 101st Airborne Division take up positions outside Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. The troops were on duty to enforce integration at the school. (AP Photo/File)

A few years later, the Maryland National Guard remained in the small town of Cambridge for two years after Maryland’s Democratic Gov. J Millard Tawes in 1963 called in troops to mediate violent clashes between white mobs and Black protesters demanding desegregation.National Guard troops played a pivotal role in the march often credited with pressuring the passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965, when nonviolent protesters — including the late congressman John Lewis — calling for the right to vote were