Will all* sumo magazines go extinct this year?

[Takamizakura 1]

As mentioned in this post both NHK's and Yomiuri's sumo magazines have called it quits. I got a refund cheque from London's Japan Centre bookshop for my Ozumo subscription, and will probably get the refund cheque for NHK's magazine in a few months' time. Boo-hoo to me for backing 2 wrong horses.

As ilovesumo implied, this leaves Sha's Sumo magazine. Any word if it will (pardon the clich

[madorosumaru 7]

Above the name "Sumo" on top of the table of contents page of the magazine are the characters 日本相撲協会機関誌--"in-house publication" or "organ" of Nihon Sumo Kyokai.

# 機関誌

* in-house magazine

* organ〈文〉（政治団体などの）

I would say the magazine will keep publishing for as long as the Kyokai feels there is hope for its survival.