The ancient sport is described as being in a crisis as it grapples with several issues, including high attrition rates ...

Sumo wrestling doesn't get much attention outside of Japan but one moment has now gone ... with the aim of pushing the other outside of the ring in order to score a point with grabbing, tripping ...

As the current crop of wrestlers puts it all on the line in the ring, you will find a number of sumo greats ... and a rematch is ordered. While the sumo world is generally regarded as rigidly ...

the second-highest rank in sumo, Kiribayama on May 31 also received a new ring name that his stablemaster wrestled under: "Kirishima." The board of directors of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA ...

A TINY 16-year-old teenager beat a sumo wrestler twice his size and took social media by storm. Unlike other combat sports, such as boxing and MMA, sumo wrestling doesn't have weight divisions ...

Asahifuji Seiya is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Aomori. He joined professional sumo in 1981, reaching the top makuuchi division just two years later. He reached the second highest ...

Japan’s Q3 GDP numbers, due on Friday, November 15, will likely influence USD/JPY trends and sentiment toward a Bank of Japan rate hike. Economists forecast Japan’s economy to expand by 0.2% ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday, said a tabloid report about his extramarital affair with ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP), speaks at an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan November 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Updated ...