Thirteen sumo wrestlers from the Naruto stable, who will compete in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka from March 9, visited Yakushiji Temple i･･･ ...

Sumo wrestling is Japan’s national sport ... Popular series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Attack on Titan have gained worldwide recognition, influencing anime adaptations and global pop culture.

Suit up! The world's heaviest and the world's widest sumo wrestlers are set to come to the Natural State next month.

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

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

Argentina and Japan may be separated by thousands of kilometres of land and ocean, but Hiyori Kon is helping bring the two countries closer through the traditional Japanese sport of sumo.

Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play at the Public Theater follows a stable of sumo wrestlers; Rajiv Joseph’s drama, presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, observes a Peace Corps volunteer and a State Department ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Newly promoted yokozuna Hoshoryu pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday after suffering a right elbow injury and neck sprain requiring two weeks of recovery.

Its members train at a sumo practice ground of the Kizukuri Junior High School, from which Asahifuji graduated. Over the years, Aomori Prefecture has produced many great wrestlers, including ...

The Royal Albert Hall hosted sumo wrestling in 1991, but hasn't done so since. Image: Chris Christodoulou The last (and only) time that a sumo wrestling Grand Tournament took place outside of ...

The Japanese ex-sumo known as Gocchanko – real name Kodai Ota, whose schtick is wrestling passersby on the street – has been performing his busking feats before growing crowds. Gocchanko ...