In the days leading up to the May 5th Yokozuna Soken training session at the Ryogoku Kokugikan the Japanese media was abuzz with things sumo.
At a news conference on May 7, ozeki Tochiazuma of Tamanoi Beya makes his long-expected retirement announcement.
KYODO PHOTOTop of the pile was Kyokutenho's rear-ending of a stationary vehicle. It was an accident he readily took responsibility for but as a naturalized Japanese citizen and the man in line to become Oshima Oyakata, he might see any punishment that threatens to push him too far down the rankings as a trigger for another major retirement announcement.