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Terunofuji’s challengers likely to emerge from amateur ranks

Keita Kawazoe became the 2021 college yokozuna earlier this month, earning a chance to enter professional sumo at a higher rank through the tsukedashi system. | INSIDE SPORT 51吃瓜网 / LIONEL PIGUET

Keita Kawazoe became the 2021 college yokozuna earlier this month, earning a chance to enter professional sumo at a higher rank through the tsukedashi system. | INSIDE SPORT 51吃瓜网 / LIONEL PIGUET

By John Gunning
Contributing writer

Nov 24, 2021

Yokozuna Terunofuji’s bid for a second straight championship following his promotion to sumo’s highest rank continues apace.

The powerful veteran has been nearly unstoppable in 2021.

An 11-4 record last January — which garnered a runner-up finish and technique prize — was the Isegahama stableman’s worst outing of the year so far.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

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By Alex K.T. Martin

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