Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments — the second longest in sumo history after former grand champion Takanohana — died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.
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Skytree's first anniversary marred by foul signals
by Hiroko Nakata
Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...