Wendy Altschuler has traveled around the world with her husband and three sons. Her kids agree that Japan has been their ...

The Mongolian-born wrestler performed the 'ring purification' at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.

A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...

Yokozuna Terunofuji is set to return to the ring for the first time since July against komusubi Wakatakakage when the New ...

Sumo has gained yet another set of rikishi siblings, as Chugo Saito last week joined older brother Seigo ( jūryō division ...

Mr Riggs has now achieved his goal of bringing sumo closer to home by founding a club in Barnsley, saying: "It's different to ...

During the Yokozuna Deliberation Council's practice session on Monday, Terunofuji’s latent power, but also his physical ...

Two Netflix series have introduced audiences to the intricacies of the sport, which has roots stretching back 1,500 years. Earlier this year, Hanshin Contents Link opened a sumo hall in Osaka that ...

Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history. Some 40 ...

Kitanofuji left the Japan Sumo Association in 1998 at 55 after serving on its board and became a beloved television commentator known for his candid and humorous style. He had been taking time off ...

London will host just the second professional Sumo wrestling event ever staged outside of Japan at the Royal Albert Hall next October. The Grand Sumo Tournament will take place at the 153-year-old ...