John Gunning, a former amateur sumo wrestler who commentates on the sport in English on Japanese television, says its centuries-old history and traditions make it unique. "It's always a tightrope," he ...

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Hoshoryu has been promoted to the sport's top rank of yokozuna grand champion. He became the ...

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 ...

LONDON--In a famed concert hall here where divas and Shakespearean actors are the norm, massive wrestlers clad in mawashi will take center stage far from their homeland. The Japan Sumo ...

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

John Gunning, a former amateur sumo wrestler who commentates on the sport in English on Japanese television, says its centuries-old history and traditions make it unique. “It’s always a tightr ...

Although France isn’t one of the two dozen or so countries that has to date produced a professional sumo wrestler, the western European nation has long-standing connections with Japan’s ...

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 ...

Mongolian-born Hoshoryu became the 74th yokozuna, or grand master, in the history of the ancient Japanese ... left a rival ...

Capcom holds multiple campaigns including merchandise sweepstakes to celebrate Street Fighter 6 reaching 1 million sales in Japan alone.