he's facing takekaze. coat shog queue is the superior. with an arm lock throw to swing down takekaze. kotoshogiku with a perfect record after four days. while the other big names take the headlines, hakuho has been rock solid as usual facing wack that s.a.t. wakanosato who has been surprisingly strong given he's 35 years old. but the man doesn't have what it takes anymore to knock off the king of the ring. it's another easy day at the office for hakuho. he notches his fourth victory in a row as he moves a step closer to his 20th career championship. the top match on day 5 may be between undefeated kotoshogiku and three-win, one-loss homasho. we'll have that and more here on nhk "newsline." >>> and welcome back to your weather update. now, we've been keeping an eye on our tropical storm system in the pacific. here it is, tropical storm roki slowly growing in size. and gradually intensifying as well. looking like it's going to be slowing down once it gets close to the southern islands of japan, okinawa islands. and once it does so it looks