Six boys will represent Hawaii in an international Sumo Tournament in Japan. The 13th Hakuho Hai Cup takes place in Tokyo on Sunday, February 12. 1,500 other sumo athletes, ages
Over the years, many dishes have become synonymous with certain areas of Japan as well as different traditional events. Dairy in Hokkaido, soba at New Year’s and…grilled chicken (Yakitori) at sumo?
adviser. so that gives you an end result of during one of the meetings here of four individuals, the president, john bolton, his nsa adviser, the japanese prime minister and the japanese national security adviser, president trump was the only person in that room who did not agree with the others that the launch of those two short range ballistic missiles were violation of united nations security council resolutions, so there is a dissonance there. prime minister shinzo abe, he pulled out all the stops. he was out there to flatter president trump, to celebrate a very strong alliance that goes back generations between japan and the u.s., and by all accounts, it looked like it worked. president trump appeared delighted to walk into a standing ovation in a stadium for a sumo tournament. he loved the honor and the flattery of being the first
we want to thank the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome. it was really wonderful. melania and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. it is a true privilege to take part in the splendor of this historic moment and witness an ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the new imper ror continue his father s extraordinary legacy. yesterday, melania and i were delighted to join you, prime minister, in attending a sumo tournament. i ve always wanted to see a sumo tournament, so true. and they are bigger and stronger than i even thought. and your very impressive and new national arena where i presented the first-ever u.s. president s cup to the sumo grand champion. that was something. this morning, we participated in
is it might be. and president trump present this had huge trophy, the president trump s cup, to the winner. trophy so big, you d have to be a sumo wrestler to lift it almost. but the president said he hopes it continues to be awarded for many hundreds of years. boris sanchez is traveling with the president. busy day for the president and for the prime minister. what else do they have coming up? reporter: that s right, a busy day of bonding for the two leaders. they just turned in for the evening, finishing a that bat h style dinner. and then previously the sumo tournament, he got a warm reception there handing over the president trump s cup to the grand champion. saying that he had always wanted to see a sumo tournament in person. he told reporters that he was