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Sumo world gets health award for promoting calisthenics

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Kakuryu (R) receives the Tanita Health Award from Japanese scale maker Tanita Corp. on behalf of the Japan Sumo Association for the popularization of its "Sumo Kenko Taiso," a set of calisthenics exercises based on sumo moves, at the Ryokoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014.

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Kaio pulls out of summer sumo after loss to Chiyotaikai

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (R) is brought down by fellow ozeki Chiyotaikai on the eighth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 20 at Tokyo's Ryokoku Kokugikan. Kaio, suffering his fourth loss, announced later that he would pull out of the tourney because of lower back pain.

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Kaio pulls out of summer sumo after loss to Chiyotaikai

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (R) is brought down by fellow ozeki Chiyotaikai on the eighth day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on May 20 at Tokyo's Ryokoku Kokugikan. Kaio, suffering his fourth loss, announced later that he would pull out of the tourney because of lower back pain.