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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima (top) poses following his re-promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026. The winner of the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22, the Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima (L) meets the press following his re-promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026. The winner of the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22, the Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima meets the press following his re-promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026. The winner of the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22, the Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima (C) celebrates his re-promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026, after winning the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22. The Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima (L) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026, after winning the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22. The Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima (2nd from L) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026, after winning the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22. The Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Kirishima earns re-promotion to ozeki

Sumo wrestler Kirishima (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 25, 2026, after winning the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament that concluded on March 22. The Mongolian was promoted to ozeki in 2023 but slipped from the position the following year due to poor performance.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (R), who holds the second-highest rank of ozeki, receives a ceremonial apron featuring a rice ball from a local rice wholesale company in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, who holds the second-highest rank of ozeki, speaks at a press conference in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, who holds the second-highest rank of ozeki, speaks at a press conference in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (L), who holds the second-highest rank of ozeki, receives a ceremonial apron featuring a rice ball from a local rice wholesale company in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, who holds the second-highest rank of ozeki, speaks at a press conference in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan: Record January Snowfall Hits Aomori, Disrupting Traffic and Trains

On January 28, Aomori City recorded 150 centimeters of snowfall for the first time in 40 years, causing traffic congestion across the city and a series of train service suspensions. Snow depth reached 154 centimeters by 9 p.m., tying for the second-highest January total on record, last seen on January 30, 1986. According to Aomori Prefecture, as of 2 p.m. on January 29, two people had died and 85 others were injured, while damage was confirmed at four residential properties. The video captures conditions in Aomori City on the morning of January 29, showing the extent of the heavy snowfall.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (top) celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (front, C) celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki holds a press conference following his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (C) celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (2nd from R) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Illustration - Brittany

FINISTERE (29) BRITTANY, REGIONAL NATURAL PARK OF ARMORICA, THE MOUNTAINS OF ARREE, TREVEZEL ROC, IT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST POINT OF THE PART OF ARMORICAN BRITTANY MOUNTAINS 384M, FRANCE Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sumo: Terunofuji

Mongolian-born sekiwake Terunofuji celebrates his promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki at the Isegahama stable in Tokyo, on May 27, 2015.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows Parisian velibs / bikes covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows cars covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows storefronts covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows cars covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows cars covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows storefronts covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows storefronts covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows a scooter covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows Bateaux Mouches Paris on the Seine covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM