Asashoryu to skip Kyushu meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion Asashoryu answers questions by reporters at his stable lodgings in Fukuoka on Nov. 7 over his skipping the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament starting two days later.

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