A Plea for Justice for Japan’s So-Called Comfort Women
Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese ...
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Hiyori Kon was profiled in the Netflix documentary Little Miss Sumo
but Hiyori Kon is helping bring the two countries closer through the traditional Japanese sport of sumo. As a decorated female sumo wrestler, Hiyori moved to Argentina in 2023 after finding ...
Sumo Is a Subculture Story That Goes Big
F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...
Review: Wrestling With Angels and Demons in ‘Sumo’
An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.
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Polish wrestlers find true spirit of Japanese sumo
A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...
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Japan's only sumo grand master to retire
TOKYO, Japan — Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top of the ancient sport for the first time in over 30 years after the only yokozuna, Terunofuji, announced his retirement on Friday. The ...