Using the hulking wrestlers as ambassadors is a long-established practice. As early as 1854, they displayed their strength ...

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Romeo and Turnbull made a stop at Tokyo’s historic Tatsunami sumo stable, located in the city’s Taitō ward. Founded in 1876, ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious ...

Danylo Yavhusyshyn, known to his opponents as Aonishiki, left his homeland after the Russian invasion to pursue a childhood ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to abide by tradition and not enter a sumo ring, where women are prohibited.

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn won his second straight tournament on Sunday. The 21-year-old, who fled the war in ...

Sweat darkened the white "dohyo" ring mat as Ireland's first female sumo wrestler shoved and strained, learning a freshly-discovered sport.

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Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki yesterday won his second straight tournament to take his meteoric rise in the ancient ...