Doreen Simmons developed an interest in sumo while working for the Foreign Press Center and wrote a bi-monthly sumo column for Kansai Time Out from 1983.
It was while working for the Foreign Press Center that Simmons first developed an interest in sumo. She wrote a bi-monthly sumo column for Kansai Time Out from 1983 and was a contributor to Sumo World magazine from 1987. 
