Japan-born Takakeisho, fighting from sumo's second-highest rank, got off to a winning start in the 15-day tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, but lost his next two bouts and was 1-2 after three days.... He suffered the foot sprain during his Day 3 bout against Ura.... According to his stablemaster Tokiwayama, Takakeisho told him Wednesday morning that his ankle hurts and he was no condition to wrestle....

The 31-year-old Japan-born wrestler who represents the Tagonoura stable in sumo's fourth-highest rank, the lowest sanyaku, will likely lose his sanyaku status and fall from the three ranks below yokozuna.... Takayasu struggled to get up and was brought a wheelchair when he was shoved out of the ring and handed his seventh loss by yokozuna Terunofuji in their bout at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Wednesday.... Takayasu's withdrawal brings the number of absentees in the juryo division or above to

Taiwan-born author Li Kotomi, who won the Akutagawa Prize, speaks at a hotel in Tokyo on July 14, 2021.... In 2008, China-born novelist Yang Yi became the first person whose native language is not Japanese to receive the award.... " I want to thank my readers foremost," Li said at a press conference held the same day after the announcement of prize winners....