Ukrainian Aonishiki is filled with gratitude toward his Japanese “family” who helped him to enter the sumo world, win his ...

TOKYO - Komusubi Wakatakakage clinched his second top-division championship with a tie-breaking victory over ozeki Kirishima ...

Retired yokozuna Hakuho towers over other greats in the long history of professional sumo. His record 45 championships appears unlikely to be matched or exceeded by any wrestler in the near future.

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

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 barred from ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ...

TOKYO — Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out with the governing body of ...