page_title: 2007 in sumo
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 in sumo / News / August
caption_attribution_description: Sumo Wrestler Asashōryū at the January Tournament 2008
context_page_description: The following are the events in professional sumo during 2007.
context_section_description: 1: The Sumo Association elders meet and decide to suspend Asashoryu from the next two honbasho in September and November, marking the first time that an active yokozuna has been suspended from competition. Asashoryu and his stablemaster Takasago are also given a 30 percent pay cut for the next four months. He is ordered to restrict his movements to his home, his stable and hospital.
  3:The summer regional tour of Tohoku and Hokkaido begins.
  6: Takasago finally meets with his deshi Asashoryu, who has not left his home since his suspension.
  7: At a press conference, Takasago announces that a psychiatrist has examined Asashoryu and diagnosed him as suffering from acute stress disorder. The head of the Sumo Association's clinic says that he should either be hospitalised or be allowed to return to Mongolia.
  15: The Ministry of Education criticises the Sumo Association for its handling of the Asashoryu affair.
  20: Asashoryu is re-examined by another Sumo Association doctor who diagnoses dissociative disorder.
  21: The regional tour ends.
  23: Asashoryu leaves his home for the first time since his suspension was announced on the 1st.
  28: The Sumo Association decide to allow Asashoryu to depart to Mongolia for treatment, accompanied by his stablemaster.
  30: Asashoryu arrives in Mongolia, dodging the waiting media and fans.
caption: Asashoryu
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