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Kakuryu eyes return at summer basho

TOKYO, April 27 Kyodo - Yokozuna Kakuryu speaks at a press conference at his Izutsu stable in Tokyo on April 27, 2015. The Mongolian said he expects to return from a left shoulder injury at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May.

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Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu practices 'dohyo iri' ritual

OSAKA, Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu (2nd from R) practices the unryugata style "dohyo iri" ring-entering ritual at the lodgings of his stable, the Izutsu Beya, in Osaka, western Japan, on March 27, 2014. He is accompanied by his ceremony attendants Kagamio (R) and Ikioi (2nd from L), and gyoji Kimura Shonosuke. (Pool photo)

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Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu prepares for 'dohyo iri'

OSAKA, Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Kakuryu (R) watches fellow sumo wrestlers as they wove a heavy, white rope belt to be donned around his waist during the "dohyo iri" ring-entering ritual, at the lodgings of his stable, the Izutsu Beya, in Osaka, western Japan, on March 27, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Kakuryu promoted to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian-born Kakuryu (R) holds a press conference after a ceremony to receive a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from the Japan Sumo Association, in Osaka on March 26, 2014. At left is his stablemaster Izutsu.

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Kakuryu promoted to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian-born Kakuryu (C), flanked by his stablemaster Izutsu (R) and Izutsu's wife, receives a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from Japan Sumo Association officials in a ceremony in Osaka on March 26, 2014.

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Kakuryu promoted to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian-born Kakuryu (2nd from L), flanked by his stablemaster Izutsu (3rd from L) and Izutsu's wife, receives a message informing him of his promotion to yokozuna, sumo's highest rank of grand champion, from Japan Sumo Association officials in a ceremony in Osaka on March 26, 2014.

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Sumo council recommends Kakuryu's promotion to yokozuna

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Kakuryu is pictured at the Izutsu stable's lodge in Osaka on March 24, 2014, after Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended his promotion to grand champion. Kakuryu won the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka the previous day.

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Kakuryu promoted to sumo's 2nd-highest rank

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Kakuryu (far L) and his stablemaster Izutsu (2nd from L) exchange bows with messengers from the Japan Sumo Association in a ceremony in Osaka on March 28, 2012. The 26-year-old, whose real name is Mangaljalav Anand, received a formal notice that he is to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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Kakuryu promoted to sumo's 2nd-highest rank

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Kakuryu (top) is carried by wrestlers of Izutsu stable to which he belongs in Osaka on March 28, 2012, after a ceremony to receive a notice from the Japan Sumo Association that he is to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki.

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ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base.

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Japan ASDF head meets German Air Force chief

German Air Force Chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz (L) and Gen. Shunji Izutsu (R), chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, meets the press at Tokyo's Defense Ministry headquarters on Sept. 29, 2022.

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Japan ASDF head meets German Air Force chief

Gen. Shunji Izutsu (R), chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, shakes hands with German Air Force Chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz at Tokyo's Defense Ministry headquarters on Sept. 29, 2022.

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Japan, Germany warplane drill

Shunji Izutsu (R), chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz, chief of the German Air Force, at JASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2022.

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Injured Kakuryu to miss whole of upcoming summer basho

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu speaks to reporters at his Izutsu stable in Tokyo on May 7, 2015. Kakuryu announced his decision to sit out the entire Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting at Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disabled duo cheer up quake-hit area as radio personalities

Yuichiro Izutsu (R), who has pervasive development disorder and Kenichi Kumagai, who is blind, are popular personalities for Rikuzentakata Disaster FM, a radio station in Rikuzentakata, a coastal city in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In their monthly program that started in June 2014, they discuss a wide range of issues from disabilities and local reconstruction to politics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Yokozuna Kakuryu injures ankle, pulls out of summer meet

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu, seen in this undated photo, has withdrawn from the ongoing Summer Grand Sumo Tournament due to an injury to his left ankle, his stablemaster Izutsu said on May 18, 2017. Kakuryu fell to a 1-3 record a day earlier, losing to komusubi Yoshikaze. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base. (Kyodo)

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Kakuryu promoted to sumo's 2nd-highest rank

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Kakuryu (far L) and his stablemaster Izutsu (2nd from L) exchange bows with messengers from the Japan Sumo Association in a ceremony in Osaka on March 28, 2012. The 26-year-old, whose real name is Mangaljalav Anand, received a formal notice that he is to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki. (Kyodo)

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Kakuryu promoted to sumo's 2nd-highest rank

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Kakuryu (top) is carried by wrestlers of Izutsu stable to which he belongs in Osaka on March 28, 2012, after a ceremony to receive a notice from the Japan Sumo Association that he is to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki. (Kyodo)

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New "wagashi" Japanese confectionery

Undated file photo shows two pieces of "nama yatsuhashi" cinnamon cookie dough stuffed with apple. The confectionery was developed by Izutsu Yatsuhashi Honpo, a long-standing Japanese sweets maker in Kyoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Yokozuna Kakuryu pulls out of Kyushu tournament

Lower back and right ankle pain forces Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu, seen in this file photo, to withdraw from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament which starts Nov. 12, 2017, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, his stablemaster Izutsu said on Nov. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Injury forces yokozuna Kakuryu out of Nagoya meet, retirement looms

Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu, seen in this undated photo, withdrew from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 12, 2017, because of a foot injury. "If he can't win next time he steps on the dohyo, there will be no option to pull out midway. He would have to take the decision (to retire from the sport) as a man," his stablemaster Izutsu said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Yokozuna Kakuryu injures ankle, pulls out of summer meet

Mongolian grand champion Kakuryu (front) steps out of the ring after being pushed by komusubi Yoshikaze on May 17, 2017, the fourth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Kakuryu has withdrawn from the tournament due to an injury to his ankle, his stablemaster Izutsu said May 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo