. >>> on day 13 of the new year's sumo tourney, ozeki baruto came in the day with a chance to clinch his first divisional title. hakuho had no more room for any set backs if he were to pull this one off. the tournament leader baruto got a huge advantage over second place hakuho as the estonian held a two-win lead over him with just three days remaining. the attack. baruto shows a firm resistance. while he keeps up the relentless offense, baruto lifts him up and slams him down to take the match. baruto gets one step closer to his first championship. with baruto's victory, hakuho must win here to keep his championship hopes alive. the moment he loses to kotooshu the emperor's cup will end up in bruteos' hands. kotooshu gets his grip on the left outside and has hakuho on the run. kotooshu's intense attack doesn't stop and the bulgarian keeps charging forward. kotooshu overwhelms hakuho from start to finish. and scores his first victory over him since the 2009 may tournament. and with hakuho's defeat, baruto clinches the new year's basho championship. >> congratulations to baruto for cap

there was a really scary moment with ozeki baruto and wakakuyo. not the match itself. he unleashes an intense pushing attack, which sends wakakuyo sprawling. the referee gets caught in the middle of the action. he lands hard on the ground. the 61-year-old would lay there for several minutes. the fans, the attendants are all worried he might be seriously injured. he briefly passed out but the good news is he regained consciousness and was moving his arms. he was then carried out on a stretcher. that referee was taken in an ambulance and is resting at a hospital. we hope he recovers quickly. meantime, hakuho stayed perfect so there are now six men undefeated at 4-0. >> mai shoji is up next with weather. >> hi, welcome back. let's take a look at australia. we have been monitoring this system, tropical cyclone heidi. heidi looked like it is going to be making landfall anytime soon. i should say wednesday overnight. just around port headland in western australia. now it is moving in a southerly direction at the speed of ten kilometers per hour so the speed has gone down a l

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 of the report during the day. they say it reflects a subordinant attitude of the administration towards the united states. it also says the local people cannot accept the government neglecting thei

. >>> on day 13 of the new year's sumo tourney, ozeki baruto came in with a chance to claim his first top deviceal title. hakuho has no more room for set backs if he were to pull that one off. baruto got a huge advantage over second place hakuho as the estonian held a two-win lead with just three days remaining. kotooshu gets his favorite right hand rip. baruto shows a firm resistance. baruto then gets himself into high gear and lifts up kotooshu and slams him down to the ground. baruto gets one step closer to his first championship. with baruto's victory, hakuho must win here to keep his championship hopes alive. the moment he loses to kotooshu the emperor's cup will end up in bruteos' hands. kotooshu gets the outside grip immediately and has hakuho on the run. kotooshu's attack doesn't stop and the bulgarian keeps charging forward. kotooshu overwhelms hakuho from start to finish and scores his first victory over him since the 2009 may tournament. with his defeat, hack hoe clinches the new year's basho championship. >> congratulations to baruto for capturing his first title. the titl

hakuho and baruto share the lead undefeated. fellow ozeki kotooshu and kisenosato trail with one loss each. >> on day nine, kotooshu and kisenosato look to have the toughest opponents, while hakuho and baruto would surprise if they lost. hiro morita will bring you an update on day nine. >> all right, murray johnson with the latest in sumo. >>> next we show you an unusual celebration for newly married couples in a snowy region on the sea of japan coast. three couples took part in the annual event in tokomachi city on sunday. the tradition is believed to have begun about 300 years ago when men threw a groom from outside the town in retaliation for marrying a woman from their community. the men rolled down the slope to their wives, who wiped the snow off their partners. one of the grooms said the celebration ended very quickly, but he enjoyed it. >> translator: i want to create a happy family. >> translator: i felt this event finally made us a real married couple. my husband looked cool when he was thrown into the snow. >> the men say they hope

hakuho entered day nine action with a spotless record along with ozeki ranked grapler baruto. let's see if the two leaders were able to avoid any upsets. for the sixth consecutive tournament hack hoe enters with a perfect record of eight wins. his opponent is hoping to snap his 15 bout losing streak. hakuho hits his opponent with tremendous force and keeps the little man at bay. he takes the match by sending him away with a simple push. hakuho's record is still perfect after nine days. baruto is on the right track so far in his quest for the first top divisional title. an up and comer lost to him on the previous day but gave him a run for his money. baruto tries to stop the high energy charge. he has little trouble pushing him away. baruto remains unbeaten. kotooshu is one of the men trailing by one match. he faced harufafuji in the ring. his nice move to the left made kotooshu lose his balance. he gets his second defeat. the other man with a one loss record. they have met in battle ten times in the past and split the wins right down the middle. well there isn't much to commen

he's very much looking like he'll become an ozeki sometime in 2012. baruto's 10-0 record matches his longest undefeated streak ever. he's looking to go one better against one of his nemesis, harumafuji. head to head, harumafuji is on top with a 10-10 record, but he is now the sole leader in the race and he wants to keep it that way. he comes out quickly with this fierce pushing attack that puts harumafuji flat on his back. the pushdown and he's all alone still in first place. the yokozuna is in the unaccustomed position of not being the leader. his opponent is kisenosato, who has done a solid job in his ozeki debut. they've split the last six matches. kisenosato gets off to a nice start, but hakuho refuses to lose on back-to-back days. he grabs the arm, using that to raise the ozeki's center of gravity. then he really gets pushy and hakuho is all by himself in second place. here's the picture at the top after 11 days. on day 12, baruto will meet kisenosato while hakuho faces harumafuji. it promises to be another exciting day of sumo. >>> "newsline" is the plac

he defeated the ozeki the last time they met. if baruto wins here he will remain unbeaten after ten days. baruto slaps and gets the outside grip and a slick overarm throw to win in a blink. he looks very good. he is faring worst of the ozeki with four losses. he hasn't beaten his fellow ozeki in six matcheses. the shift and down goes kotoshogiku. not the most exciting sumo from kisenosato but a win. we kept the best for last. hakuho is undefeated after nine days, and with a win he'll maintain a share of the lead with baruto. today he took on kak yur u. hakuho has never lost with 20 straight over the sekiwake. kakuryu thrusts and then gets him off balance. he wastes no time to keep hakuho on a mer rego round moving foard with a double inside grip, tippy toe on the rice bale. an upset. the sekiwake hands the yokozuna his first loss. something he's dreamed about has finally come true, beating the yokozuna. >>> now here's the picture at the top after ten days. baruto finds himself in rare position leading with no losses. hakuho and kisenosato

two years later he drew the second division, baruto won a tournament without dropping a bout. in 2010 he climed his way up to ozeki, the second highest rank in the top division. he's all business in the ring, but afterwards he's all smiles. with beiruto, what you see is what you get. that's just what many fans want. in estonia people were ecstatic. >> baruto used to practice at a gym that is now named after him. [ applause ] >> can baruto live up to fans' high expectations? >> now, here's who won the special prizes in the new year's tournament. the fight t spirit prize for racking up 12 victories. the outstanding performance award went to an opponent for beat hakuho for the first time. and there was a technique prize. looking ahead the banzuke ranks for the next tournament comes out on february 27th. the spring tourney gets underway on march 11 in osacka. last year the march baso was cancelled in the wake of a bout fixing scandal. this march can't come soon enough. that's it for today's sports. >> chinese people around the world are saying good-bye to the rabbit and hello to the dragon. it's chinese new year a two

ozeki. he is all business in the ring. afterwards, he is all smiles. with baruto, what you see is what you get, and that's what many fans want. in estonia, people were ecsta c ecstatic. >> he used to practice at a gymnasium here which [ applause ] >> can baruto live up to fans' high expectations? here is who won special prizes in the new years tournament. he received a prize for using crafty maneuvers to get nine wins. looking ahead. the ranks for next tournament comes out february 27th. spring tourney gets under way march 11th in osaka. last year, the march bash a was counselled in the wake of a scandal. for those that love sumo, march can't come soon enough. that's it for today's sports. >> thapgs very much. >>> commuters in tokyo are trudging to work in patches of snow and ice. let's get the weather picture for here and elsewhere. >>> turned out to be a winter evening in tokyo last night. let's look at how much snow the city got. here is video from last night. plenty of snowfall started falling in the later hours of monday. this is about 11:00 p.m. right in dow

ozeki remain perfect after five days. that hasn't happened since the 2007 may tournament. let's see if they were able to keep their momentum on day six. baruto has found himself in danger of losing a couple of times, but has been able to recover and win in the end with a never say die attitude. the wily veteran comes in hard, but can't budge him. he has an easy time sending his photothe clay with the slap down. with the recent arrival of new ozeki kotooshu looks motivated to show his pride. she 5-0 since the 2010 september basho. kotooshu takes the match by using his long reach and nailing his opponent to the deck. late last year he had surgery to remove a boil in his buttocks but he looks to be in good shape. he comes in low and takes advantage. and then lifts up his opponent and carries him out of the ring. he loses for the first time. and let's not forget the top dog hakuho. he's the other undefeated after five days. 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 w

ozeki have a different idea. let me also say it is the job of each opponent to watch the foe closely and many blame those that don't. back to the action. baruto leads the tourney as undeneated. kisenosato has lost the last six in a row to baruto. baruto moves kisenosato aside. i can't understand baruto here as he's beaten him head on in the past. maybe baruto chose a desperate move to keep his perfect record. hakuho finds himself in an unusual situation chasing someone. harumafuji prides himself in doing the kind of sumo fans will want to see. hakuho lunges and harumafuji sidesteps from the rear. i wonder if that's the kind of sumo harumafuji thinks the fans will enjoy. now we'll have a look at the changes in the leader board. baruto remains the sole leader in undefeated. hakuho is the closest chasing with two losses. if baruto wins on day 13 and hakuho loses it will be baruto's title. i've been commenting on sumo for 16 years. in my opinion today was not a golden day in sumo's history. now let's hope the action is head on on day 13. >>> rachel ferguson is up next with weather. >>> hello there. we're finally getting some moisture in the pacif

ozeki have a different idea. let me also say it's the job of each opponent to watch the foe closely, and many blame those that don't. anyway, back to the action. baruto leads the tourney and is undefeated, kisenosato slaps him down. i can't understand baruto. maybe baruto chose a desperate move to keep his perfect record. hakuho finds himself in an unusual position. he lungs and he sidesteps to push him from the rear. i wonder if that's the kind of sumo that he thinks the fans would enjoy. >>> now a look at the changes in the leaderboard. baruto remains the sole leader and undefeated. hakuho is the closest chasing, with two losses. >>> if baruto wins on day 13 and title. i've been commentating. in my opinion today was not a golden day in sumo's history. let's hope the action is head-on on day 13. >> looking forward to it. murray johnson with the latest in sumo. >>> tokyo's drought is over. let's go to the world weather report. weather update. after a long better snow is pretty light, but because we are not used to snow, so that could cause some trouble disturbances. meanwhile, inland areas are experiencing heavy snow, about 20 centimeters are possibl

. >>> on day 13 of the new year sumo tourney ozeki baruto came in with the chance to clinch his first title. hakuho had no room for any more setbacks if he were to pull this one off. the tournament baruto got a huge advantage over the second place hakuho. kotoshigogi gets his favorite grasp. baruto gets into high gear and lives him many, slamming him down to the clay to take the match. he's one step closer to his first championship. witha could you how must win here. the moment he loses. he doesn't stop. the bulgarian keeps charging forward. hakuto from start to finish and scores his first victory. with his defeat. baruto clinches the championship. >> congratulations to baruto for capturing his first title. the title race is over, but he'll still be fighting with a lot of motivation in the final two days, as the big estonian tries to put icing on the cake with trying to finish with a perfect win. keep watching until the very last day of the competition. >>> here is the extended weather forecast. >>> that does it for now. i'm shery ahn. stay tuned for more news on nhk stay tuned for mo