we look at the situation after six days of action from the kyushu basho. three tied for the lead and seven run off the paces how it was going into the day. let us begin our recap with the king of the ring, yokozuna hakuho. he was first fought in 2009. 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 pushi

we look at the situation after six days of action from the kyushu basho. three tied for the lead and seven run off the paces how it was going into the day. let us begin our recap with the king of the ring, yokozuna hakuho. he was first fought in 2009. 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

i hope you enjoyed the kyushu basho.on't forget, we'll be back to cover the next competition, the new year's tourney, in detail, as usual. so sumo fans, see you in january. >>> tokyo is experiencing overcast conditions this monday morning. let's take a look at the global weather forecast with saki ochi. >>> and welcome to your weather update. getting a look at conditions in east arab a we are seeing a lot of clouds coming in over japan today. it is across a lot of the country going to be looking on overcast side. that is going to be followed by a little rainfall, too. you can see it starting to gather for us in open waters. the okinawa area in the southern islands will be looking at showers. then it starts to move northward moving into the coast liep of the pacific side of japan as well as into southern areas. elsewhere, we're looking at showers starting to bloom in central sections of china. that looks more widespread as we head through today. it will also move into the korean peninsula as well. things are going to be l

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 24 hours. we're seeing some really significant winter weather now. across northern japan. down in towards the south, continuing showers here for eastern indochina. tha

kyushu. not a moment to waste, so let's get to the replays. he lost yesterday. rank and file-only has one win this basho. he finds himself from the side. an outside group puts him in this group. not his best work, but a win's a win. >> barato has been disappointed earlier. he had nine straight wins from day one. use of the body with a forward press is not enough to hold him back but he wins. he waits for the right time to take the ozeki back and out. fans were stunned with him losing his first bought. now the loss put himself in a position he's very familiar. all alone at the top and undefeated after day ten. he first met him in 2007. he wants to beat him to improve his future pro-moment chances. kakaryu ends up in a one-eyed bonsai position. he moves forward and the result is beyond down. he makes it look so easy once again. now the leaderboard. 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 we

kyushu. not a moment to waste, so let's get to the replays. he lost yesterday. rank and file-only has one win this basho. he finds himself from the side. an outside group puts him in this group. not his best work, but a win's a win. >> barato has been disappointed earlier. he had nine straight wins from day one. use of the body with a forward press is not enough to hold him back but he wins. he waits for the right time to take the ozeki back and out. fans were stunned with him losing his first bought. now the loss put himself in a position he's very familiar. all alone at the top and undefeated after day ten. he first met him in 2007. he wants to beat him to improve his future pro-moment chances. kakaryu ends up in a one-eyed bonsai position. he moves forward and the result is beyond down. he makes it look so easy once again. now the leaderboard. 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 weat