Sanae Takaichi must decide whether to break with centuries of tradition and step into the ring to present a trophy ...

Wendy Altschuler has traveled around the world with her husband and three sons. Her kids agree that Japan has been their favorite destination. Sumo wrestling was the highlight of their trip. My kids ...

A version of this scene repeated itself all day in Kyoto last month as 300 wrestlers went at it in bout after bout. This was ...

Sumo officials are all too aware of this. "Sumo is not a familiar sport compared to others like soccer and baseball," said Kento Nakazawa of the Japan Sumo Association, who organizes a children's sumo ...

TOKYO — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: Women are still ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

Onosato Daiki became the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in the sport. By Victor Mather Sumo is Japan’s national sport, steeped in ...