talks about the death of his 17-year-old son Takashi, a sumo wrestler who died in June, during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. At right, Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, poses in ceremonial attire in an undated photo. KYODO PHOTOS

News photo

Police are building a criminal case against the wrestler's stable master and some of his senior wrestlers.

Our Planet

Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price

Longform

"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan