Panic over COVID-19 has also hurt the company. Consumption of the oil crashed due to restrictions on practices by sumo wrestlers as well as the cancellation of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May.

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

During the Edo Period (1603-1868), sumo shifted from a way for samurai to train for battle to a competition between elite ...

The Japan Sumo Association officially approved Mongolian wrestler Hoshoryu's promotion to yokozuna, the sport's highest rank, ...

Sumo is walking a 'tightrope' as it prepares to stage events outside Japan for the first time in 20 years while also trying ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New yokozuna Hoshoryu took part in a traditional "tsuna-uchi" rope-making ceremony Thursday at his Tatsunami ...

For all the feel-good energy that has surrounded Hoshoryu the past few days, the Mongolian will need to take his sumo to ...

I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly ...

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