Women Barred From Sumo Ring, Even to Save a Man’s Life The ejection of women trying to help a politician who had collapsed was seen as a metaphor for how poorly women are regarded in Japan. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:International Women’s Day: Pride, Protests and PressureHow We Identified Burned Villages in the Democratic Republic of CongoEx-Russian Spy ‘Stable’ After Nerve Agent Attack in U.K.Anti-Muslim Extremists Retweeted by Trump Are Convicted of Hate CrimesMurmurings of Dissent Upset China’s Script for Xi’s Power GrabWife of Iranian-Canadian Who Died in Jail Is Barred from Leaving Iran