yokozuna.... Takayasu struggled to get up and was brought a wheelchair when he was shoved out of the

Sumo wrestler Takayasu is pictured on July 13, 2021, at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.... 7 maegashira

The Okinawa Prefectural Government building( Mainichi/ Takayasu Endo) Okinawa Prefecture confirmed

Osaka Castle is seen in the city of Osaka from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, on Aug.... The Osaka Prefectural Government reported 1, 828 coronavirus infections, exceeding the prefecture's record 1, 654 cases set two days earlier.... It is the fourth straight day for Osaka Prefecture to report infection figures higher than 1, 000....

On two recent occasions, a foreign tourist walked into Shoji Matsumoto’s barbershop, through a front door that grates loudly when opened more than halfway, wanting a haircut. One was Italian, the other British.... Some officials, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, have raised concerns about overtourism.... In March, there were more than three million international arrivals, a monthly record, and a more than 10 percent jump compared with March 2019. Nearly two thirds of international visit

The U.S. Marine Corps Camp Hansen gate is seen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin in this March 2015 file photo.... 9 a total of 31 infections have been confirmed at the base in central Okinawa Prefecture.... Authorities have not disclosed whether the cases included the omicron variant....

Grand champion Terunofuji, right, defeats Takanosho on the fifth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov.... Terunofuji, who entered the 15-day event at Fukuoka Kokusai Center as the sport's lone grand champion, improved to 5-2 in seven career bouts against Takanosho( 2-3).... A well-timed blow to the yokozuna's throat prevented Terunofuji from grabbing his favorite left-handed over-arm hold from the get-go....

Grand champion Hakuho, right, defeats Chiyotairyu on the ninth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 12, 2021.... Grand champion Hakuho continued his career dominance over No.... Hakuho improved to 10-0 for his career against Chiyotairyu, barely breaking a sweat in the final bout of the day....

Grand champion Hakuho, right, defeats Okinoumi on the 10th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 13, 2021.... 5 maegashira Okinoumi in the final bout of Day 10 at Dolphins Arena.... Having missed all or part of the previous six tournaments before knee surgery in March, Hakuho has dispelled doubts about his condition at the 15-day meet....

Prefectural police and other authorities are investigating the background to the cases over the possibility that illegal drugs were distributed in Japan via a U.S. military base route.... 22, Okinawa Prefectural Police announced there had been arrests between June and December 2021 of 10 people including Satoshi Kominami, 29, an unemployed man of no fixed address, in a joint investigation with Okinawa Regional Customs and the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Japan.... The suspects