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Asashoryu stays close to Tamakasuga at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Rank-and-filer Tamakasuga (L) holds onto sole possession of the lead by slapping and shoving his way to a sixth win against Kakizoe at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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Kotooshu slaps his way to 3rd win

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu makes light work of pint-sized top-ranked Mongolian maegashira Ama, slapping his way to an easy third win at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 14.

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Kotooshu matches Asashoryu at 3-1 at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - New ozeki Kotooshu (L) matched Asashoryu at 3-1 after slapping down No. 3 maegashira Tochinohana, whose defensive tactics kept the ozeki at bay early on but eventually was caught off-balance and crumpled in the middle of the ring.

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Asashoryu blows away Kokkai to stay in front at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (R) absorbs fourth-ranked maegashira Kokkai's charge before slapping him forward onto the ring's surface to improve his record to a spotless 9-0 at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 21.

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Ozeki Kaio beats Kotomitsuki in summer sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Injury-prone ozeki Kaio (R) rebounded May 10 from an opening day defeat by slapping down komusubi Kotomitsuki (L) on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

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Ozeki Chiyotaikai beaten by Takamisakari

NAGOYA, Japan - No. 3 maegashira Takamisakari (back) uses a slapping technique to bring down ozeki Chiyotaikai on July 14, the ninth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Chiyotaikai wins at summer sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (L) wins by slapping down komusubi Kyokutenho on May 11, the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

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Towel makers against safeguard team up with Chinese exporters

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Yagi, the head of a group of 10 Japanese towel makers with production bases in China, holds a news conference Sept. 7 in Tokyo. He said the Japanese group has linked up with a Chinese group of textile traders to prevent Japan from slapping a restriction on towel imports from China.

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Asashoryu blows away Kokkai to stay in front at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Asashoryu (R) absorbs fourth-ranked maegashira KLokkai's charge before slapping him forward onto the ring's surface to improve his record to a spotless 9-0 at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on March 21. (Kyodo)

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Kotooshu matches Asashoryu at 3-1 at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - New ozeki Kotooshu (L) matched Asashoryu at 3-1 after slapping down No. 3 maegashira Tochinohana, whose defensive tactics kept the ozeki at bay early on but eventually was caught off-balance and crumpled in the middle of the ring. (Kyodo)

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Kotooshu slaps his way to 3rd win

FUKUOKA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu makes light work of pint-sized top-ranked Mongolian maegashira Ama, slapping his way to an easy third win at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 14. (Kyodo)

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Asashoryu stays close to Tamakasuga at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Rank-and-filer Tamakasuga (L) holds onto sole possession of the lead by slapping and shoving his way to a sixth win against Kakizoe at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12. (Kyodo)

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Chiyotaikai wins at summer sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (L) wins by slapping down komusubi Kyokutenho on May 11, the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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MY MAN GODFREY

MY MAN GODFREY [US 1957] JUNE ALLYSON, DAVID NIVEN Date: 1957

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THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE RUDOLPH VALENTINO, JOHN ST POLIS, ALICE TERRY, JOSEF SWICKARD THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE RUDOLPH VALENTINO, JOHN ST POLIS, ALICE TERRY, JOSEF SWICKARD Date: 1921

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Tokyo university issues student guide to avoiding labor exploitation

Photo shows the front cover of a guide created by Tokyo's Waseda University advising students on how to avoid labor exploitation in part-time jobs. The 48-page guide, distributed to the university's 9,500 newly enrolled students in the spring of 2016, lists 17 characteristics of abusive practices in jobs provided by "black" companies, such as refusing to give consideration to work hour requests and slapping fines on workers for making mistakes or taking days off, and also gives advice on how to deal with such problems. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2016, condemning North Korea's medium-range ballistic missile launch. Suga said that it is important to steadily and promptly implement U.N. Security Council resolutions adopted earlier this month slapping tougher economic sanctions on North Korea in reaction to its nuclear test in January and rocket launch in February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga gets ready for a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2016, following North Korea's medium-range ballistic missile launch. Suga said that it is important to steadily and promptly implement U.N. Security Council resolutions adopted earlier this month slapping tougher economic sanctions on North Korea in reaction to its nuclear test in January and rocket launch in February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese baseball player Wada poses after hitting 2,000th career hit

Outfielder Kazuhiro Wada of the Japanese professional baseball club Chunichi Dragons poses with a commemorative plate after slapping his 2,000th career hit during a game against the Lotte Marines in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 11, 2015. The landmark entitled Wada to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3-year prison term demanded for Murakami over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors at the Tokyo District Court on May 11 demanded Yoshiaki Murakami (file photo) be sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly profiting by trading stock using insider information in 2004 and 2005, a charge the founder of a well-known Japanese investment fund denies. The prosecutors also requested slapping Murakami with a 3 million yen fine and a surcharge of 1.15 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Scenes of Sumo

Daieisho (L) receives a slapping from Chiyotairyu during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Sumo

Combined photo shows Ichinojo slapping Chiyoshoma's face (top) before Chiyoshoma fights back (bottom) during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ozeki Kaio beats Kotomitsuki in summer sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Injury-prone ozeki Kaio (R) rebounded May 10 from an opening day defeat by slapping down komusubi Kotomitsuki (L) on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Ozeki Chiyotaikai beaten by Takamisakari

NAGOYA, Japan - No. 3 maegashira Takamisakari (back) uses a slapping technique to bring down ozeki Chiyotaikai on July 14, the ninth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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Towel makers against safeguard team up with Chinese exporters

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Yagi, the head of a group of 10 Japanese towel makers with production bases in China, holds a news conference Sept. 7 in Tokyo. He said the Japanese group has linked up with a Chinese group of textile traders to prevent Japan from slapping a restriction on towel imports from China.