he took on a feisty goeido. he fails to show any in this bout. hakuho marches without any trouble and blows his a opponent away. here are the current standings after six days -- on day seven, the top division highlight bout will feature one of the leaders baruto taking on his opponent. baruto can't afford to lose if he wants to capture his first title. join us again to find out the result of the exciting matchup. >> residents of okinawa have re-affirmed their opposition by recent moves of the japanese government to re-elect a u.s. military base on the island. a majority of assembly members voted for a resolution criticizing the government. it comes after the delivery of a controversial environmental assistant report last month on a site for the u.s. marine corp. air station. >> translator: the government delivered the report before dawn and at the end of the year. what it did was unprecedented. >> the government took the measure because protesters had blocked delivery of the report during the day. the resolution says such action reflects a subord

goeido fails to show any of his feistiness in this bout. hakuho marches without any trouble and blows his opponent away. here are the current standings after six days. hakuho and a couple of ozeki baruto and kotooshu are at the top with perfect records. on day seven the top division highlight bout will feature one of the leaders baruto taking on his opponent. baruto can't afford to lose if he wants to capture his first title. join us again to find out the result of the exciting matchup. >> residents of okinawa have re-affirmed their opposition by the japanese government to advance a plan to relocate the military base on the island. a majority of assembly members voted for a resolution criticizing the government. it comes after the delivery of a controversial environmental assistant report on a candidate site for the u.s. marine corp. air station. >> translator: the government delivered the report before dawn and at the end of the year. what it did was unprecedented. >> the government took the measure because protesters had blocked delivery

he goes in for the kill but goeido slips away and rallies. he goes in for the kill, but the new ozeki keeps his cool and calmly thrusts out his day one opponent. another japanese hopeful is kotoshogiku is fighting his second tournament at rank of ozeki, also aiming to win the emperor's cup for first time. takekaze gets a deep left and inside grip. he stops kotoshogiku's charge. he executes an under-shoulder swing-down maneuver that works perfectly. kotoshogiku is the only one to bite the dust on the opening day. we can't forget the top dog yokozuna hakuho. he's been on the tear in recent years coming out on top in 9 of the last 10 tournaments. wakakoyu is making his debut at the sport's fourth highest rank. when the two practiced against each other in late december, wakokoyu was able to beat hakuho twice. but it's a completely different story when you face them in a real tournament. the yokozuna showed who's the boss. that's the day one wrap-up. with 14 days to go, "newsline" bring you daily updates throughout the competition so please keep t