3 sumo grand champions visit quake-hit region

3 sumo grand champions visit quake-hit region

IWAKI, Japan - A trio of yokozuna (grand champions) -- (from L, front row) Kakuryu, Hakuho and Harumafuji -- pose with visitors to a gymnasium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in an annual sumo event to pray for early reconstruction from the 2011 quake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.

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