Sumo wrestling is steeped in tradition and ritual, and watching a match can be a unique cultural experience in Japan. Here are a ... May 11 – May 25, 2025 (Tokyo, tickets on sale April 5 ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves ...

But Japanese citizenship is necessary if a wrestler wishes to become a stablemaster, a requirement added in 1976 by the Japan Sumo Association ... in the Mongolian wrestling world, had opposed ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- For the first time sumo wrestling's governing body can recall, one of its revered athletes has been nabbed for drug possession. Police arrested 335-pound Soslan Aleksandrovich ...

Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood is the most traditional ... But what if you want to further immerse yourself in the classical culture of Japan, partaking of Japanese cuisine and also watching very large ...

The July tournament was the first to take place outside Tokyo in 16 months ... of the tournament, the Japan Sumo Association informed him officially that he would be wrestling as a yokozuna ...

A Japanese sumo wrestler has tested positive for the coronavirus, further threatening postponement of next month’s Summer Grand Sumo Tournament which has already been delayed. The Japan sumo ...

On May 1st the Reiwa era started in Japan. Eleven days later, on May 12th, the May grand sumo tournament opened at the center of the sumo universe, the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. All the ...

Joel and Nish travel to Tokyo to meet Japan's professional sumo wrestlers before heading to the remote Oki Islands to take part in a tournament in the birthplace of Sumo.

Wrestling's pay-per-view featured six title matches including Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay for the IWGP World Heavyweight ...

London will host just the second-ever professional Sumo wrestling event outside of Japan next October. The Grand Sumo Tournament will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in partnership with the ...

Sumo is often referred to as Japan’s national sport but it’s America's pastime that is unquestionably this country’s one true obsession. Why is baseball so popular? It’s a complicated ...