. >>> hakuho was the sole leader. on day 11, he went up against the toughest opponent he will be facing. hakuho has gotten by the first 10 days without breaking a sweat. his day 11 foe, kisenosato, poses a real threat. he has beaten him in three of the five recent meetings. hakuho comes in hard. kisenosato answers with a thrusting attack. they go after each other ferociously. now, the yokozuna seems to be in command. he calmly marches and puts kisenosato away to keep his record spotless. >>> newly promoted ozeki kotoshogiku who bit the dust on thursday is still clinging to his championship post with just one loss. kotoshogiku doesn't budge. it allows tochinowaka to shut him down. he loses for the second consecutive day. now, here is how the title race looks like after 11 days. hakuho is all alone in first place. kotoshogiku and wakakoyu are closest to hakuho, each with two losses. >>> on day 12, the highlight match will pit hakuho versus kotoshogiku, shooting for his third straight victory over the yokozuna, which wou

kotooshu is hoping to snap his 11-bout losing streak against hakuho. hakuho goes in hard! the yokozuna keeps up the pressure, but kotooshu doesn't give in. hakuho gets a double inside grip and is now in command. he skillfully ducks underneath kotooshu's arm pit and takes him down, becoming the kyushu champion. >> congratulations to hakuho for capturing his 21st top division championship. now, let's shift our attention to kisenosato. the sekiwake must rise to the occasion in the final three days to rise to the next rank. to earn the promotion to ozeki, kisenosato has to win two of his three remaining bouts in fukuoka. today he faces a tough opponent in baruto, as the estonian came out on top in the five most recent confrontations. baruto absorbs the initial charge. kisenosato goes after baruto aggressively, but the estonian fights back! baruto now turns the tables and drives kisenosato back. kisenosato resists but is finally out-muscled. a costly defeat. the title race is over, but there is still a lot to watch in the basho. hakuho will attempt to finish the journey a perfe

hakuho is chasing his 21st title and looks on track. but it is not going as scripted as aran forces hakuho to go to plan b. now, it is plan c. hakuho pulls out the stops and finally forces out the russian. it wasn't his best work but he is still undefeated. kotoshogiku is having a fifth time as the new ozeki. gagamaru is big and will take some to be beaten. right away the ozeki gets his favorite grip and takes the georgian to the edge. normally, he would use his stomach pushing his way to victory. instead, he does this, a perfect start. the feature bout of the day was kakuryu and kisenosato. a win by kakuryu would keep him at the top of the leaderboard. kisenosato can't afford too many losses if he wants to become an ozeki. kisenosato can thrust or fight. kakuryu gets in the first hit. he takes an angle pushing attack. kakuryu is no match as he is pushed out and suffers his first loss. kisenosato is back on track. day seven next and the weekend. so we hope to see more fans inside the fukuoka arena. hakuho and kotoshogiku should win but

hakuho gets a double inside grip and is now in command. he skillfully ducks underneath becoming the champion. >> con kbrat congratulations to hakuho for capturing his 21st championship. now let's turn our attention. must rise to the final occasion in the next three days to rise. to earn the promotion to ozeki, he has to win two of his three remaining bouts. today he faces a tough opponent as he came out on top in the five most recent confrontations. he absorbs the initial charge. kisenosato is aggressive. baruto fights back. baruto now turns the tables and drives kisenosato back. he resists but is finally outmuscled. a costly defeat. promotion alive. so don't miss this weekend's action. >>> thanks, hiro. rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> hello, again. let you know what the weekend has in terms of weather. things look like they'll clear up across japan here. we have a low pressure system just making an exit. and in its place will be high pressure. mostly clear and fine. there is a small low pressure system now making its way acro

hakuho is chasing his 21st title and looks on track. but it is not going scripted as aran forces hakuho to go to plan b. now, it is plan c. hakuho pulls out the stops and finally forces out the russian. it wasn't his best work but he is still undefeated. kotoshogiku is having a fifth time as the new ozeki. gagamaru is big and will take some to be beaten. right away the ozeki gets his favorite grip and takes the georgian to the edge. normally, he would use his stomach pushing his way to victory. instead, he does this, a perfect start. the feature bout of the day was kakuryu and kisenosato. a win by kakuryu would keep him at the top of the leaderboard. kisenosato can't afford too many losses if he wants to become an ozeki. kisenosato can thrust or fight. kakuryu gets in the first hit. he takes an angle pushing attack. kakuryu is no match as he is pushed out and suffers his first loss. kisenosato is back on track. day seven next and the weekend. so we hope to see more fans inside the fukuoka arena. hakuho and kotoshogiku should win but you

on the leaderboard. >>> hakuho is blemish-free. kotoshogiku, kisenosato, miyabiyama, wakakoyu trail with three losses. . the kyushu basho title will go to hakuho tomorrow if he wins and that will be his 21st yusho. we'll be here with a recap. >>> thanks, murray. rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >> friday looks like its set to be sunny across much of the southeast asian continent. however there will be widespread fog affecting much of central and eastern china. not anything much in the way of rain. the precipitation that will be finding is going to be here across northern and central japan. now rain down further towards the south, but up to the north, it is definite will i going to be falling as snow. and we have quite a developed system sitting up there to the north. that's what's going to be bringing these very snowy conditions. but also the strong wind along with it. so winds are going to be getting up over 70 kilometers per hour. we've got the snow as well. maybe another 40 centimeters for western hokkaido into the next

hakuho has slimmed down since the last basho and looks terrific. goeido likes to fight low but has yet to beat the yokozuna. goeido attacks, gets the hit inside and it looks a close call. the replay shows hakuho glancing across to make sure goeido hits the dirt first. calm and collected, hakuho wins again. >>> the only downside despite the small crowds at the arena is once again the poor starts by three ozeki who already have losses. we hope they turn things around from day four tomorrow. we'll see you then. >> all right our murray johnson there with the latest in sumo action. >>> it's a chilly and windy wednesday morning in japan. let's see what's in the forecast for the country and the rest of the world with saiaka mori. >>> hello and welcome to your weather update. starting off with japan, cool air is covering most of the country bringing the coldest air of the season. morning lows dropped in the single digits even in the tokyo area. now the southern portion of the country is looking at dry conditions, but the northern half is seeing sea effect

hakuho tries to recover but loses his footing. hakuho bites the dust for the first time in the tournament, but he still walks away with the emperor's cup. ♪ >> translator: march 11th, when the earthquake and tsunami struck, was my 26th birthday. it was very scary, but it's nothing compared to what people in the stricken areas experienced. a new ozeki will be born at the new year's tourney, and i hope to make 2012 a very good year. >> another thing we talked about throughout the 15-day tourney was kisenosato's chances of earning promotion to the sport's second highest rank of ozeki. entering day 15, kisenosato had ten wins and four losses. a win here would lock up his ozeki promotion. a big collision at the get-go, his aggression seems too much for kisenosato to handle. kisenosato loses, but the finish of ten wins will likely move him up to ozeki. >> here are the wupz that won special prizes for their performance. fighting spirit prize for finishing as runner-up with 12 wins, 3 losses. a prize for splendid maneuvering. i hope you e

hakuho has slimmed down since the last basho and looks terrific. goeido looks for an opportunity to beat the yokozuna. goeido slips inside and it looks a close call. the replay shows hakuho glancing across to make sure goeido hits the dirt first. calm and collected, hakuho wins again. >>> the only early downside despite the small crowds at the arena is once again the poor starts by three ozeki. who already have losses. well, we hope they turn things around from day four, too, we'll see you then. >>> thanks, murray. before we move on, we like to show you a performing arts event that fuses japanese and western cultural traditions. a kabuki show was held in southwestern japan, in a hall replicating the sistine chapel in vatican city. ♪ ♪ the performance also featured flamenco dancing. the show got to its climb aax w the main character burst forth from a box hanging in mid air. rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> hello there and welcome back to your world weather update. let's head into eastern asia, we're going to be talking more about the sn

hakuho has a 21-2 edge over veteran kuyokuteno who lass defeated hakuho in 2005. hakuho's preferred right hand inside left hand out makes little difference, he's still able to counter and rock kuyotkutno. a clinic for the yokozuna who remain undefeated. >>> the highlight bout on day six the clash between two sekiwake, the third highest rank. kisenosato will be determined to bauns back from his day five loss and kakuryu wants to keep a share of the lead. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. weather.>>> held. >>> hello there, we'll head into eastern asia, we're seeing some heavy rain moving into the korean peninsula and also into western japan here. a big surge of moisture coming up from the south. it's going to bring some very significant accumulations, too, parts of kyushu will see over 100 millimeters, maybe about 120 in the next 24 hours. now, ahead of that system coming in, there's going to be a rush of warm air from the south as well. and that's really going to boost temperatures here in tokyo. saturday is going to reach up into the low 20s once again.

on day ten, hakuho will meet and kotoshogiku will face another hard match. tune in to see if the leader board is shaken up. >> thank you. we have weather up next. >>> hi there and welcome back. let's take a look at your weather conditions starting off with asia. a video coming out from hokkaido. we saw a lot of snow down there. we have a present 33 centimeters in the past 24 hours of snowfall in parts of hokkaido and here, about 15 centimeters has snow. on the sea of japan's side of hokkaido, an additional 40 centimeters of snowfall is expected by tomorrow night. it looks like the snow will continue to accumulate there. however, the worst of the blowing snow and blizzard conditions are over fortunately, and if you pull back, you can see we will see some precipitation just along the sea of japan coast and we will also see winds that will be strong in hokkaido especially picking up the waves up to about six meet, high. seeing the wintry weather continue and also rain here. locally heavy at times, but for much of the rest of japan looking very dry and sunny. we

the only thing hakuho hasn't accomplished this year is win a basho with a perfect 15-0 mark. he does have a 10-0 record against challenger tochinoshin. the young georgian is out of shape and once the match starts quickly finds himself out of the ring. an easy day at the office for the grand champion as he picks up a force-out victory. four straight and looking for much, much more. namely a 21st career yusho. after four days of action, we have five men who are undefeated. hakuho, kotoshogiku as well rank and file takekaze. >> ross mihara there with the latest in sumo. another chilly morning this thursday here in japan's capital. here's the global weather forecast. >>> welcome back to your weather update. starting off with japan, cooler weather is gradually leaving the country and things are getting warmer from the st. we'rewhokkai,downds tth aow ern half of thea lot of rai prip a 2 in ul anut severe into upper greatlas. low prsu ste cic rt d ll'rxptisf 2 srtg miny oineeana f r . s in aqndfgnian d en a lr . >>hel nt coh alof our nio, ralia, e it ste af our vest in the rise of a

on day ten, hakuho will meet a danger wrestler. tune in to see if the leaderboard is shaken up. >> ross mihara there with the latest in sumo. >>> it's a cold tuesday morning here in tokyo. let's see what's in store for the forecast for japan and other countries with saki ochi. >> and welcome to your weather update. getting a look at conditions in east asia, first off. and we are talking about more snow impacting northern areas of japan. still looking at a lot of moisture here in this northwestern areas, and we will be hearing of snow since yesterday in the area and that is looking to continue again today with some blustery conditions, blizzard-like conditions could be continuing in the morning hours. behind it, looks at more moisture gathering over korean peninsula today and in the evening hours. heading in to wednesday, as well, things looking weather. northern areas talking about rain/snow mix possible. as that rain moves away, china dries out really nicely. even in southeast and to rain in the island but that's looking set to pu

the only thing hakuho hasn't accomplished is win a basho with a perfect 15-0 mark. he does have a 10-0 record against tochinoshin. the young georgian is out of shape. once the match starts quickly finds himself out of the ring. an easy day at the office for the grand champion as he picks up a forced-out victory, four straight and looking for much, much more, namely a 21st career usho. after four days of action, we have five men undefeated, hakuho, kotoshogiku, kisenosato, kakuryu, as well as rank around file takekaze. >>> next, with weather. >> one sign of a changing season can be seen on the water front in northern japan. a chilly morning in quake hit prefecture. a steamy mist moves over the bay. this is what happens when icy air from the bay blows out to sea. the peaceful fog brings down the curtain. rachel ferguson is up next with with weather. >>> hi there. time for another world weather update. the snow affecting northern japan is going to start to subside now as the low pressure system pulls away into thursday afternoon and we'll see high pressure moving in fr

yokozuna hakuho is vying to win his fourth championship of the year.emarkable, considering the march tourney was canceled due do a fight-fixing scandal. the grand champion makes quick work of okinobi. one athlete to keep an eye on at this tournament is sekiwake seveno sato. he's working hard despite the fact that he's still trying to overcome his stable master's sudden death on november 7th. senosato's late stablematter nar ruutu said raising him to the rank of ozeki was his highest aspiration. with this in mind, senosato badly wants to make the ranking. kisenosato keeps his composure and calm by defeats his russian-born opponent. kisenosato is on the right track. finally, gagamaru, his mother who lives in georgia is suffering if a kidney ailment and gagamaru says he dedicates every bout to his mom. when you weigh 200 kilograms, this is how you succeed. big gagamaru keeps his opponent's speed and agility from counting by keep many him right in front of him. a picture-perfect sumo bout from the georgian-born titan. >>> on day three, the highlight battle

hakuho remains undefeated. kotoshogiku was alone with one loss. kisenosato and wakakoyu were chasing with two losses. day 11 will see two go head to head. join hiroshi morita for our recap of it. >> and now weather is up next. >>> hi, there. let's talk about weather. start off with asia, a very well developed low pressure system just over the korean peninsula moving towards the sea of japan. now, it will be affecting hokkaido with another round of wintry weather to come, and, of course, this side of tahoku as well. now, this can also produce blizzards, so reduced visibility can also cause difficulties in traveling, not only affecting directly the sea of japan side, this system is surging all the moisture from the south. the pacific coast will see some showers and gusting conditions. so for our labor day in tokyo, temperaturewise i think we have a chance of rain, but the temperatures will be very warm. elsewhere here in eastern asian continental asia, looking very clear. temperatures are going to be very low and we'll take a look at that temperatur

hakuho remains undefeated. kotoshogiku waalone with one loss. kisenosato and wakakoyu were chasing with two losses. day 11 will see two go head to head. join hiroshi morita for our recap of it. >> and now weather is up next. >>> hi, there. let's talk about weather. start off with asia, a very well developed low pressure system just over the korean peninsula moving towards the sea of japan. now, it will be affecting hokkaido with another round of wintry weather to come, and, of course, this side of tahoku as well. now, this can also produce blizzards, so reduced visibility can also cause difficulties in traveling, not only affecting directly the sea of japan side, this system is surging all the moisture from the south. the pacific coast will see some showers and gusting conditions. so for our labor day in tokyo, temperaturewise i think we have a chance of rain, but the temperatures will be very warm. elsewhere here in eastern asian continental asia, looking very clear. temperatures are going to be very low and we'll take a look at that temperatur

hakuho is seeking a fifth straight win against homasho. he's his usual dominant self and picks up win number one with ease. the grand champion is once again the heavy favorite as he seeks the 21st of his spectacular career. >>> just before the basho stable master in a rue toe suddenly died from respiratory failure, he was only 59 years old. for the men there, it was obviously a shock. i can is enis atoe is aiming for a promotion as a final tribute to his late oyokata. he will need at least 11 wins this tournament to join that lofty rank. up against kyokutenho, i can is enis atoe is a determined young man, getting a strong left inside grip and using that to power down the 37 year old mongolian. that's a pushout so an excellent start for the 25-year-old i can is enis atoe. one more rikishi we'll be watching is gagumaru, is an 11-4 record at his highest rank ever. up against another solid who is also at a career high. a right-hand thrust and that spells doom for the rolly polly georgian. the opponent wins by rear pushout. >>> the crowd was sp