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Trump to present trophy to sumo champion while in Japan

By John Siciliano
Published May 25, 2019 2:45pm ET
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Trump to present trophy to sumo champion while in Japan
In this May 12, 2019, file photo, banners thanking for a sellout crowd are displayed on the first day of Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Japan visit starting on Saturday, May 25, 2019, is to focus on personal ties with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rather than substantive results on trade, security or North Korea. Then the two leaders and their wives will watch sumo together in the evening before a restaurant dinner. | (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP, File)

President Trump on Sunday will award a 60-pound trophy to the next sumo champion in Tokyo, Japan.

He will be the first U.S. president to present a trophy to the winner of the summer wrestling tournament while on his visit to the country. However, there has been some question over what the trophy will look like and whether it will have Trump’s name on it.

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