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 across a country that links ...

Aonishiki, who is 182cm in height and weighs a relatively modest 136kg, discovered sumo as a boy, practicing judo and ...

The boxing fraternity turns its head to Tokyo, Japan, as two of the country's finest warriors, Kenshiro Teraji and Seigo Yuri ...

A new tale of sumo brothers may be unfolding. At the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, Chugo Saito, a product of powerhouse ...

The play’s cast members wrestle, slap and toss one another in ambitiously choreographed fight sequences that took months of training to learn.

Whether sumo also falls into the trap of creating greater separation between supporters and athletes remains to be seen.

New yokozuna Hoshoryu blew away former sekiwake Wakatakakage on Monday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament for his first victory sinc ...

Former Kenshiro Teraji opponents compete for gold, while additional titles are on the line on the Teraji vs. Seigo Yuri Akui ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday reversed course on his government's controversial plan to raise medical ...

F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...

The dohyo welcomes a new Yokozuna, and says goodbye to another. Shibuya Aki and Raja Pradhan look at what Hoshoryu will bring ...