In the days leading up to the May 5th Yokozuna Soken training session at the Ryogoku Kokugikan the Japanese media was abuzz with things sumo.
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Top of the pile was Kyokutenho's rear-ending of a stationary vehicle. It was an accident he readily took responsibility for but as a naturalized Japanese citizen and the man in line to become Oshima Oyakata, he might see any punishment that threatens to push him too far down the rankings as a trigger for another major retirement announcement.