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 ...

Perhaps the most notable example came when the Japan Sumo Association introduced instant replay in the late 1960s — decades ...

TOKYO — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...

Mongolian-born grand champion Hakuho throws Georgian Tochinoshin to extend his winning streak to 63 at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 15, 2010. Hakuho is ...

Sumo wrestler Aonishiki celebrates his 2025 Kyushu title win. Ready for some sumo content? That’s right, with the UFC going ...

Positive pot tests part of first drug scandal in sumo's 2,000-year history. Sept. 2, 2008 — -- Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana use in Japan less than a month after a ...

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 ...

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