My kids have been fortunate to enjoy the ... where I had another quest for my boys — to learn about Japan's oldest sport: Sumo wrestling. Katsuragi is the origin of sumo, Japan's national ...

It is not easy for foreign wrestlers to become stablemasters after retirement as they face mountains of hurdles, including Japanese ... “Some kids show up to experience sumo after watching ...

A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...

The Mongolian-born 33-year-old has been the only top-ranked sumo for more than three years ... I didn't think I would be able to continue wrestling for very long," said Terunofuji, who was ...

A possible factor is Japan's declining birthrate. But, simply put, fewer and fewer kids are taking a crack at sumo these days. And this latest incident won't likely improve the situation.

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.