Ex-sumo wrestler Wakakirin pleads guilty to marijuana possession

KAWASAKI, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Wakakirin leaves the Yokohama District Court's Kawasaki Branch in a vehicle on April 13. The former wrestler pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana in late January. (Kyodo)

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