Ex-yokozuna Chiyonofuji prepares for 60th-birthday ceremony

Professional sumo stablemaster Kokonoe (C), formerly yokozuna Chiyonofuji, poses with a red decorative rope freshly handwoven by wrestlers at his stable in Tokyo on May 28, 2015, three days ahead of his 60th-birthday "dohyo-iri" ring-entering ritual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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