kojima's wife is 74 years old. she has suffered from dementia for about ten years. >> translator: is it tasty? you're doing great today. >> reporter: kojima does all of the cleaning and laundry as well as care for his wife. when he feels hard, he remembers the way his wife used to be. >> she loved telling jokes and was dedicated to supporting him. >> reporter: kojima says racing and care giving keep him going. on this day he took part in the japanese triathlon, but aninini forced the organizers to change the event. >> translator: they canceled the swimming stage. that's too bad. it's the only part where i feel competitive. even on the bike, kojima gave racers a run for their money. he topped 50 kilometers per hour on the downhill part of the course. he passed other cyclists even on uphill climbs. kojima kept pushing himself once he got off the bike. he was in last year's race in hawaii and fell behind. this time he felt fatigued again, but kojima stayed focused. and once again, he came out on top in his division. >

michio kojima, nhk world. >>> a verdict in the case of deposed chinese communist bo xilai is expectedn sunday. prosecutors accuse him of corruption and abuse of power and have demanded he be handed a tough sentence. but the former political heavyweight denies all charges. bo is the former party chief of chongqing city. he is accused of accepting $3.5 million in bribes, embezzling public funds and blocking an investigation into the murder of a british businessman by his wife. the case against bo is china's biggest political scandal in decades. the court took the unprecedented step last month of uploading partial transcripts from the trial on the chinese social network website sina weibo. but bo has strong support of some. >> ab income gap provided people. disputed seas strain relations with its neighbors. on newsline. >>> japanese researchers are getting a better picture of what happens to people with alzheimer's disease. they develop technology to take images of proteins that accumulate in patients' brains. they say the pictures will help doctors tee ticket the disease in early stages