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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Ozeki Kisenosato pulled out the heavy artillery to beat yokozuna Harumafuji to remain spotless with his 12th consecutive win at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday. Hakuho was poetry in motion as he grilled ozeki Kakuryu and the pair continued on a collision course as the two remaining undefeated ...
Yokozuna Hakuho dispensed with Kotooshu, and Kisenosato did a hatchet job on Aran to improve to 11-0 with four days ...
Kisenosato improved to 10-0 for the first time in his career with victory over fellow ozeki Kotooshu at the Summer ...
Yokozuna Hakuho and ozeki Kisenosato retained their perfect records through the ninth day at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Ozeki Kakuryu trails at 8-1 after suffering his first defeat of the tournament, while yokozuna Harumafuji, ozeki Kotoshogiku and eighth-ranked maegashira Tokitenku follow ...
Hakuho kicked off the second week of action with another swashbuckling win to keep his unblemished record intact, mowing down Russian Aran at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday. The yokozuna, who inched closer in his bid for his 25th career title, is ...
Hakuho kept his eyes firmly on the prize and wrapped up the first week of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with another high-octane performance against Takarafuji on Saturday. His sights set on a 25th championship title, Hakuho put on a clinic in his first ...
Hakuho motored ahead with a sixth win and Harumafuji posted a morale-boosting victory to get his stuttering campaign to prove his worth as a yokozuna back on track on the sixth day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. Hakuho, seeking ...
Yokozuna Hakuho extended his perfect head-to-head record against struggling No. 2 maegashira Tochinoshin to 16 wins with another commanding performance at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday. But on a day of upsets in the upper ranks at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Harumafuji’s tournament took ...
Hakuho continued his march towards a 25th Emperor’s Cup with a routine win over Kitataiki on Wednesday, the fourth day of action at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian yokozuna was in imperious form in the day’s second-to-last bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan, getting ...
Hakuho manhandled upset-minded Myogiryu while fellow yokozuna Harumafuji got back on track after the previous day’s defeat, albeit a jittery win over Kitataiki on the third day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday. Hakuho leads a pack of 10 wrestlers in the ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji was sent to a shock defeat at the hands of Myogiryu on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Hakuho beat the daylights out of Aminishiki to stay on course for his 25th career title after winning the ...
Hakuho outfoxed Tochiozan to make a winning start in his bid for a 25th career title on Sunday, while yokozuna rival Harumafuji also won handsomely on the opening day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho won the spring meet in March with a ...
Yokozuna Hakuho sets a new mark for titles gained without a single defeat at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
After wrapping up his 24th career title with two days to spare at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, Hakuho is now just one win away from going 15-0 for an unprecedented ninth time in his illustrious career. The yokozuna staved off a feisty challenge ...
Yokozuna Hakuho wins the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament for his 24th career title, tying Kitanoumi in fourth place for all-time championships.