(2)Yokozuna Asashoryu holds wedding ceremony in Tokyo

(2)Yokozuna Asashoryu holds wedding ceremony in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia (L) and his wife Tamir cut a cake during a wedding ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 31. Asashoryu and his wife, who got married in 2002, had the same ceremony in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator on Aug. 19.

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