Unbreakable Tamawashi went about his business on Sept. 10 in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament as he has done over the past 20 ...

TOKYO — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship. Even more impressive: he defeated Hoshoryu on Sunday in the deciding match in ...

Sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn made more history on Wednesday as he became the first Ukrainian to be promoted to the ancient Japanese sport's second-highest rank, doing it in record time. The ...

The fervor around Onosato, perhaps not incidentally, has coincided with the remarkable electoral success of Japan’s far right. This has been best exemplified by Sanseito, an insurgent political party ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

Danylo Yavhusishyn fled the war in his native Ukraine to follow his dream of becoming a professional sumo wrestler in Japan and has taken the ancient sport by storm. The 21-year-old competed in the ...

Japan’s titans of the ring live and train at roughly 40 sumo stables, with the majority located in Tokyo. A visit to one of ...

Londoners on their morning commute have been left perplexed at the sight of the world's best sumo wrestlers strolling the streets of the capital this week. More than 40 of Japan's top wrestlers are in ...