Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious ...

A man who brought a sumo club to Barnsley has said he hopes to encourage more women to take up the sport. Richard Riggs set ...

Calgarians will soon be happily grappling with a national first, as the city hosts a sumo festival featuring prominent ...

Sometimes you get caught on camera at something like a baseball game, and your face is forever immortalized with whatever cheese or grimace you made. Ben Starr understood that as, when the camera cut ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

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Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...

London — Sumo's biggest international showcase in history rocked London this week, spotlighting more than 40 wrestlers across 100 bouts with blistering palm thrusts, stunning face slaps and an ...

Fight fans are currently reacting to a wild moment from the world of sumo wrestling. Japan’s national sport recently returned to London for a five-day Grand Tournament. Not since 1991 have people in ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Japan's elite sumo wrestlers slapped, thrust and flipped their way through the first evening of their five-day exhibition tournament in London's Royal Albert Hall on ...