Tochinoumi, that was the earliest living yokozuna, passed away Friday from a kind of lung infection referred to as goal pneumonia at the age of 82, a Japan Sumo Association authorities stated.
Tochinoumi, whose actual name was Shigehiro Hanada, made his sumo launching in 1955 as well as was advertised to the sporting activity’s highest possible ranking at the springtime fulfill in 1964. He won 3 makuuchi department titles as well as maintained his yokozuna condition for 17 events prior to retiring in 1966.
Standing much less than 180 centimeters high, the Aomori Prefecture local was taken into consideration small however was recognized for his experienced belt getting hold of as well as offending combating design. He won one dealing with spirit reward as well as 6 strategy rewards in his profession.
– Japan Times
Jan 29
Tochinoumi, that was the earliest living yokozuna, passed away Friday from a kind of lung infection referred to as goal pneumonia at the age of 82, a Japan Sumo Association authorities stated.(Japan Times)
Jan 29
Three- time Grand Slam tennis champ Naomi Osaka of Japan has actually ended up being a financier in the North Carolina Courage of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the American team introducedThursday(Japan Today)
Jan 29
The Spring Grand Sumo Tournament will certainly be relocated from its standard Osaka place to Tokyo to restrict the mass traveling of wrestlers as well as team throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the Japan Sumo Association statedThursday(Kyodo)
Jan 29
Takumi Minamino’s future at Liverpool seems hanging in the equilibrium following his current snub by supervisor Jurgen Klopp in the FACup ( newsonjapan.com)
Jan 28
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has actually repeated the IOC’s dedication to the effective as well as secure shipment of the Tokyo Games this summertime.( NHK)
Jan 27
Prosecutors have actually introduced the non-prosecution of track as well as area celebrity Sota Kawatsura over the supposed rape of a women colleague in Ota Ward in 2014, records TBS News ( tokyoreporter.com)
Jan 27
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday advised professional athletes as well as authorities obtain coronavirus inoculations prior to taking a trip for the held off Tokyo Games, stressing the requirement to shield the health and wellness of individuals inJapan(Kyodo)
Jan 26
A brand-new– as well as big– sort of deep-sea fish discovered off main Japan has actually been called “yokozuna iwashi,” of the highest possible ranking in sumo fumbling.( NHK)
Jan 26
Japanese video games have actually produced an effective effect in the pc gaming sector. Filled with creativity as well as imagination, they are not your normal sort of computer game. ( newsonjapan.com)
Jan 25
Lower- ranking sumo wrestler Daieisho has actually won his initial title in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament that upright Sunday inTokyo( NHK)
Jan 24
Japanese sumo wrestler Kotokantetsu was worried. Coronavirus was surging via Tokyo as well as tearing via the sumo fumbling society, whose lives are managed by instructors as well as trainers.( washingtonpost.com)
Jan 23
The Japanese federal government has actually rejected a significant British paper’s record regarding a feasible termination of the Tokyo Olympics this summertime.( NHK)
Jan 20
Among the young sumo wrestlers raising weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai attracts attention. (Reuters)
Jan 20
Japan’s federal government prepares to hold the Olympic Games in Tokyo this year without making inoculation versus coronavirus a problem of engagement.( 7news)
Jan 20
Gold Cup opposition Champ made a shock access in the 51 additions for the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle Chase atCheltenham Festival ( newsonjapan.com)
Jan 18
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has actually promised to advance with prep work to hold the Tokyo Olympics, when faced with expanding public resistance as Japan fights a rise in coronavirus infections.( 7news. com.au)
Jan 16
It is much less than 200 days till the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics result from obtain under method, however amongst the Japanese public, worries over the infection as well as the spiralling price of the Games suggest most prefer to see the occasion held off or terminated entirely. ( FRANCE 24 English)
Jan 15
Japan’s top-ranked sumo wrestler Hakuho has actually been launched from health center after being dealt with for a coronavirus infection, Japanese sporting activities everyday Sports Hochi reported onThursday ( yahoo.com)
Jan 15
Japan’s federal government has actually informed sporting activities bodies it will briefly put on hold the present access exceptions that enable international professional athletes to get in Japan in order to educate as well as contend in advance of this summertime’s Tokyo Olympics, a resource with understanding of the issue statedThursday(Kyodo)
Jan 13
The head of the arranging board of the Tokyo Olympic as well as Paralympic Games has actually revealed his dedication to hold the occasions this summertime.( NHK)