mitakiumi rallies and kisenosato holds his ground and kisenosato catches mitakiumi with a hand and kisenosato takes the match on the force out to remain unscathed. the 37-time champion hakuho is another who is favored to take only the empress cup. it's been a while since he won his last championship. injuries demoralized him last half of 2016, but he told me that he feels great mentally and physically and is ready to roll. his opponent is no slouch and he's taken down a yokozuna and ose koo i. shohozan recovers and rallies and gets the takedown. hakuho, too, stays perfect. time to check on a man we featured last week. ishiura, one of the smallest grapplers in the sport. he won 10 bucks in the fighting spirit prize in the previous tournament. irish rah couldn't find his rhythm the first three days and on day four he showed his never say buy attitude and prevailed for the first time in this competition. he's 1-4 after five days so let's see if he can reduce and start winning like he did in november. that's how the tokyo new year's to ernie shaped up. i'll be back with more on the championship r

kisenosato recovers and charges. kisenosato can't finish ikioi off the. but he stays calm and keeps up the pressure. ikioi resists as hard as he can. but in the end, kisenosato gets the job done. going to 11-1. sticking right hand kisenosato in the grand champion, the 37th time champion, gunning for his first title in fewer tournaments. he lost over back to back days earlier in the week but bounced back with two consecutive wins. he said he will do everything he can to stay con in contention until the end. he is challenged on day 12. hakuho. a walk in the park for hakuho. he remains at two losses. a couple other contenders have been getting in on the action. they are tacka noah and itcha nojo two ranking fighters. mongolian tacka has an aggressive fighting style that overwhelms his foe so far. right hand and nishikigi gets a hold of his arm. he misses the target. takanoya takes his aggression and forces nishikigi out. looking sharp, too. the mongolian lost 20 kilograms and since his agility and speed improved dramatically. hokutofuji runs into ichiojo the

promotion of kisenosato bring back the popularity of sumo wrestling ?rtain extent, but as to whether it will return to the levels of the 19905, will return to the levels of the 1990s, you know, ithink will return to the levels of the 1990s, you know, i think that is impossible in this day and age. there are just so many more sports now for young kids to get into in japan. there are so many sports stars emerging from other sports. so yes, it will bring back the popularity to a certain extent, what not to the level of the heyday. japan's sumo renaissance. hopefully sumo's popularity will rub off on hollywood's awards season. nice way to get into the next story! we won't talk about your sumo impressions there. i have heard that behind the scenes you are very good at the sport. have you seen la la land yet? i haven't, buti at the sport. have you seen la la land yet? i haven't, but i haven't seen any land yet? i haven't, but i haven't seen any of the oscar—nominated movies. hopefully this weekend is the chinese new year, and we have a lot of days off so i wi

kisenosato becomes the 72nd yokozu na in history, joining three others who are actively competing inm physically fit, and i needed to go further. i feel i will get stronger and stronger, as i consider this a new start. the head of the sport's association, which decides about the promotion, says it is a deeply emotional time. translation: we felt that kisenosato would continue to do well, and therefore is fit to become yokozuna. in the last 19 years, five wrestlers, one american samoan and four mongolians, were promoted to be yokozuna. the hope is kisenosato‘s promotion would boost the sport's popularity. chris gould is an author who has written a book about the sport, and regularly writes for sumo magazines. on the line from tokyo, i asked him why it has taken so long forjapan to be on top of the sport again. yes, well, i think over the past 20 years the foreigners who have come in have already excelled in other forms of combat sport, for example freestyle wrestling. you have, on the other hand, japanese guys. a lot of it them are signing up having not actually had any combat experie

kisenosato perfoformed in the style that's said to represent sumo offense and defense. spectators cheered as he stomped the ground. >> tokyo police are investigating whether an international jewel theft network is targeting japan. they've arrested two more chinese nationals they believe are members of a gang known as pink panda. investigators suspect the two stole at least one diamond at a trade fair held this month. the suspects deny the allegation. police have already arrested three others they believe belong to the same group. they showed up at the event this year and last, when police suspect they also stole a diamond ring. all the suspects came to japan a few days beforore the fair started. police believe they were targeting it because security is less tight there than in jewelry shops. that type of theft is said to be typical for the pink panda network that's been active in europe. >>> a company in central japan is making waves with the device that can harness the power of even the gentlest streams and it's an invention they say could transform the lives of people

the hope is kisenosato's promotion would boost the sport's popularity. orders intended to relaunch two controversial oil pipelines in the united states. the keystone xl pipeline to carry oil from canada to the us gulf coast was rejected by barack obama in 2015, after years of protests. construction on the dakota access pipeline was halted amid huge protests in december, to allow re—examination of its impact on water resources and sacred native american sites. protests have restarted in new york and washington, dc. much more on that and all the news any time on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. wednesday will start quite windy across northern and western parts of the uk, but foggy again. and that forum could be dense in places as well. so check the situation before you head out. so some dance, freezing fog patches around here but too much went towards the west of the uk for any fog to start off on wednesday. where we have the figures filed with the lowest temperatures overnight, t

kisenosato performed in the style which is said to represent sumo offense and defense. spectators cheered as he stomped the ground. >>> that's all for now on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. from all of us at nhk world, thanks for watching. ♪welcome to "global 3000." this week, we're off to switzerland to find out what migrants need to learn in order to live and work there. then in india, we meet a young woman giving a voice to the untouchables. but first, we head to japan, where women often lose their jobs when they get pregnant. japan has been ranked at position 101 on the global gender gap index, a study of the status of women in 145 different countries. this puts the highly-developed

the hope is kisenosato's promotion would boost the sport's popularity.ve order is intending to relaunch two controversial oil pipelines in the united states. the keystone xl pipeline was rejected by barack obama in 2015 after years of protest. construction on a second project, the dakota access pipeline was halted in december, with complaints it threatened water resources and sacred native american sites. protests on both of those have restarted in new york and washington, dc. much more on all the news any time on the bbc news website. thank you for watching. hello. wednesday will start quite windy across northern and western parts of the uk, and continue that way. whereas into parts of southern england, the midlands, east anglia, it is troublesome fog once again. some freezing fog patches at that, dense in places. and that could be having an impact on travel again, so check the situation before you head out, you can see the fog showing up here. but, if you are in scotland and northern ireland, you can see the wind arrows indicating a strong, quite gusty

for nearly 20 years, but finallyjapan has a sumo wrestling grand champion once again. 30—year—old kisenosatompions have all been from mongolia. prior to that it was a wrestler from hawaii. i interviewed a grand champion once. amazing. incredibly strong. all that stuff about eating and eating and eating and going straight to sleep so you get more fat to improve your bulk. pretty much what i do! isn't that what we all do? exactly! let's talk sport of a slightly different white. johanna konta, she has been beaten overnight in melbourne, first time she has played serena williams —— different weight. she has changed her mental attitude going into the australian open and she has done very well. british number one, johanna konta, is out of the australian open. she was outplayed 6—2 6—3 in the quarter finals by six—time champion serena williams. our tennis correspondent russell fuller joins us from melbourne. she was in form coming into this but how one—sided was it? she was in form coming into this but how one-sided was it? not completely one—sided, she hadn't dropped a set here and she won the syd