Yokozuna Musashimaru meets press one day after winning tourney

MUNAKATA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Musashimaru smiles at a press conference at his stable's lodging place in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 26, one day after he won his ninth Emperor's Cup at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.

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