It was near there, at the foot of Mt. Nijo in Katsuragi City, where I had another quest for my boys — to learn about Japan's oldest sport: Sumo wrestling. Katsuragi is the origin of sumo ...

Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week.

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New ...

TOKYO: 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 (Jan 17).

The Mongolian-born 33-year-old has been the only top-ranked sumo for more than three years ... Only one of the seven most recent yokozuna was born in Japan. Of the others, five were born in ...

19 when the Japan Sumo Association revealed it was heading to Paris for the first time in over three decades. Although France isn’t one of the two dozen or so countries that has to date produced ...

Japan-born yokozuna have been in the minority ... He's doing many fun things in life. Lost maybe half his previous body weight. An average Yokozuna helped by the constant decline in competitive ...

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 ...

The Japan Sumo Association last year also launched an ... Shinto,” Miller said. “It’s a way of life.” Tourists have long been able to visit the hallowed interior of a “heya”, one ...

Sumo will stage a tournament in Paris for the first time in over three decades next year in a push to expand the ancient sport beyond Japan, organizers said Sunday. Accor Arena, which hosted ...