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SUMMER

Japan Times
SUMO
May 24, 2021
Terunofuji says latest championship required 'desperate effort'
Ozeki Terunofuji said it took every ounce of effort to claim his second straight championship.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 23, 2021
Terunofuji beats Takakeisho to win fourth career championship
The Mongolian lost Sunday's scheduled bout between the two ozeki before winning the rematch, becoming the first wrestler to capture two straight tournaments since Kakuryu in 2018.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 22, 2021
Endo topples leader Terunofuji to ensure title race goes down to wire at Summer Basho
Endo and Takakeisho have moved within a win at 11-3, meaning a loss by Terunofujiu00a0on Sunday could result in two- or three-way playoff.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 20, 2021
Terunofuji bounces back to retain Summer Basho lead with 11th win
Terunofuji beat his nemesis, No. 5 maegashira Onosho, to improve 11-1 on Day 12.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 20, 2021
Asanoyama out of Summer Basho after violating coronavirus safety rules
A report alleged Asanoyama had dined out with others prior to the tournament, when association members were under orders to stay home.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 19, 2021
Terunofuji falls to first defeat after judges call foul
Ozeki Terunofuji was handed his first defeat of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in unusual fashion Wednesday, when his 11th straight win was overruled by the ringside judges who ruled he had committed a foul.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 18, 2021
Terunofuji improves to perfect 10-0 with win over Kiribayama
The returning ozeki moved closer to back-to-back championships with the victory as his nearest followers remained two wins off the pace.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 17, 2021
Terunofuji survives scare from Takayasu to remain perfect at Summer Basho
The day's results put the 29-year-old Mongolian in the driver's seat for a second straight championship.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 16, 2021
Terunofuji remains perfect with Takakeisho a win back at halfway mark
Competing as an ozeki for the first time since 2017, the 29-year-old Mongolian secured a winning record on Day 8 of the Summer Basho.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 16, 2021
Sole leader Terunofuji completes perfect opening week
Ozeki Terunofuji quickly overpowered sekiwake Takanosho on Saturday to finish the first week of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 7-0 record.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 14, 2021
Ozeki Terunofuji continues to shine under spotlight at Summer Basho
The 29-year-old Mongolian is fighting as an ozeki for the first time since September 2017.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 13, 2021
Terunofuji passes tough test to retain sole lead at Summer Basho
Newly re-promoted ozeki Terunofuji improved to 5-0 on Thursday, passing a tough test from No. 1 maegashira Wakatakakage to retain his sole lead on the fifth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 13, 2021
What will music festivals look like in the wake of the pandemic? We'll start to find out this summer.
Naoki Shimizu, the man behind Japan's massive Summer Sonic festival, talks about COVID-19 precautions and new ideas for moving forward.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 12, 2021
Terunofuji dominates as Summer Basho opens to fans
Ozeki Terunofuji put on a master class to take the sole lead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday, when Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan was opened to fans after the first three days took place behind closed doors.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 11, 2021
Wakatakakage makes Asanoyama second ozeki victim in row at summer tourney
The rising talent prevented his larger opponent from leveraging his size advantage in a back-and-forth tussle that ended with the maegashira crushing out the ozeki.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 10, 2021
Terunofuji only unbeaten ozeki left after Day 2 of Summer Basho
Asanoyama and Shodai fell to rank-and-file opponents, while Takakeisho lost to komusubi Mitakeumi.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 10, 2021
Terunofuji returns, joining perfect Summer Basho start for ozeki
The 29-year-old, who sealed re-promotion with his Spring Basho title in March, got off to a strong start on Sunday as a new grand tournament opened at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 8, 2021
Runner Hitomi Niiya doesn't feel athletes should get priority for vaccines
The IOC on Thursday announced a deal with Pfizer Inc. to provide doses tou00a0those participating in the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 7, 2021
Comeback king Terunofuji poised to reach even greater heights
With Hakuho out and Kakuryu retired, Terunofuji will go into every fight over the next basho or two as the favorite and has a genuine shot at a future promotion to yokozuna.
Japan Times
SUMO
Apr 26, 2021
Summer Grand Sumo Tournament to open behind closed doors amid state of emergency
The Japan Sumo Association announced Monday it will hold the first three days of the May 9 to 23 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament behind closed doors at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan as part of emergency measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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