nagoya tourney title. even though hakuho had the championship, he still had business to take care of going undefeated for the third straight tournament. ozeki kisenosato was ready to block him. hakuho tries to knock kisenosato back but the ozeki refuses to budge. once he catches hakuho, he overwhelms the yokozuna and shatters his hopes for a perfect record. the defeat ended hakuho's 43-bout winning streak. hakuho lost again on the final day to finish with 13 wins and 2 losses. still, he left nagoya with the emperor's cup. the nagoya tourney was his 32nd championship. his next target, chiyonofuji's 31. he'll try to break the all-time record of 32. now, hakuho may have taken center stage in the title race, but it was sokokurai from china. he was forced to retire after he was entangled into a bout-fixing scandal. but he made his vengeance. a lot of peoe didn't believe hetill had what it takes to compete. but sokokurai should be praised for his never say end attitude. he had a losing record of six wins and nin

but when the nagoya tournament starts on sunday, one rikishi's exile will be over. his problems started when his name got entangled in a bout fixing scandal. all along, sokokurai insisted on his innocence. he prevailed in the fight of his life. now he's got to prove himself in the ring again. nhk world has more. >> reporter: he returns to where he left off. the top ranking division. he earned his way there from china's inner mongolia. the allegations against him kept him out of the ring for what might have been his peak years. he's 29 now. how did you cope during this time? >> translator: it was long. i thought my ordeal would be over more quickly. >> reporter: he arrived in japan a decade ago, aspiring to make

we'll let you know how it all turns out at the nagoya tourney next week. stay tuned. >>> there's a new tropical depression forming near the philippines. meteorologist robert speta is here with details. robert. >> we are watching this new system just spinning up just off the east coast of luzon. it's expected to become a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. it will pull off towards the north actually means wild oxen, where it is impacting in the philippines. you're going to see heavy rainfall into northern luzon and also the inflow of moisture wrapping around the storm system across the west coast and down towards versailles, there's a risk of flooding out of this storm system as it continues to linger off the coastline. but then as we go into the next several days, it's going to continue to push off here towards the north. and there is a potential of this impacting taiwan as a tropical storm, drop in some heavy rainfall. typically that wouldn't be so much of a problem, but we just had typhoon soulik come through on friday, it made landfall here in northeas

tokyo heating up to 35 degrees yet again today and nagoya up to about 37 degrees. this exhausting heat could really tire you and not only that concerning yesterday, more than a thousand people have been carried to the hospital due to heat stroke. so please take extra precautions for this and do stay hydrated and also try to concentrate your outdoor activities in your morn pg and evening hours. tokyo we're looking at some pop-up thunderstorms to remain across much of central japan including western japan, but to the northern areas we have a stationary boundary that's still in place. this is creating very unstable conditions as well. that includes heavy rain. in yamagata prefecture we had 130 millimeters that fell over the past 24 hours. we have in the forecast yet again triple digits of rainfall to fall in similar areas and that includes yamagata prefecture where we have heavy rain warning in place of which 50 millimeters could fall just in the span of an hour. over towards the bigger picture, let me talk about this system. this is over water right now moving toward

little respite which is certainly good news from the mid-30s, upper 30s down to the low 30s in tokyo, nagoya as well as fukuoka. should feel a little more comfortable and alleviate that heat. into the americas, the eastern seaboard is likely to see thunderstorms all the way down in fact to the gulf states. we have another area of severe weather making its way along the u.s./canada border, alberta and north dakota are going to be dealing with that. you can even see tornadoes up here. it's this rain that's just developing there if you can spot it. and then down to the southwest we've got that monsoonal flow we've been talking about, thunderstorms here and the potential for short-time heavy rain. that can cause flash flooding especially where it's been so dry and hot or even scorched where the earth has been scorched, just can't absorb that water and you can see flash flooding occurring. a lot of things to watch out for. the center of the u.s. down in towards the south still very, very hot here up to 36 degrees in oklahoma city. near the 30 degree mark up the eastern seaboard to new york city t

that includes nagoya as well at 36 degrees today. tokyo looking at 32 with sunny spells. into the afternoon and evening hours, showers and heavy rain will be possible. heavy rains also possible across the four corners and southern california here in north america. same distinctive feature with the eastern half of the continent looking at very messy situation. today we're looking at some severe thunderstorms across this area into the lower mississippi valley. but starting tomorrow, tuesday, this is going to be focused here. so more severe weather to come and we cannot rule out the chances that this could be spawning even tornados. towards the four corners region, this is going to be an ongoing situation with flash flood warnings and watches posted widely across california and into new mexico and that includes the four corners region as well. towards the north of that, we have a heat dome that's preventing things from cooling down. take a look at that boise still at 37. salt lake city at 38 degrees, sizzling hot, please sty hydr e hydrated if you are out and about. to europ