Mongolian-born yokozuna Asashoryu will return to his homeland as early as Wednesday for treatment of a mental disorder after the Japan Sumo Association approved his departure on Tuesday.
Takasago, stable master of Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu, speaks to reporters after the Japan Sumo
Association's executive committee meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
AP PHOTOThe JSA executive committee members gave the green light to Asashoryu's return to Mongolia in an hourlong emergency meeting nearly a month after they suspended the grand champion from the next two tournaments and his illness subsequently surfaced.