After all, injuries and illnesses had left him a shell of himself as a sumo wrestler who was once seen as a future yokozuna. “Frankly speaking, I had not expected to earn that many wins,” the ...

An Off Broadway play opens a window on the spiritual and physical trials of the ancient Japanese sport.

My kids have been fortunate to enjoy the benefits ... But the highlight of their trip was learning about sumo wrestling. In Nara, near Kyoto and Osaka, we encountered sacred deer that bowed ...

Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs," for realism. Konishiki discusses the accuracy of throwing ...