Two giants stare each other down before colliding with a dull thud. After years on the sidelines, sumo is back center stage as part of Japan's soft power arsenal overseas. Behind the scenes at the New ...

Yokozuna Onosato, top, reacts after losing to Wakamotoharu on Day 9 of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2026. (Kyodo TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sekiwake ...

Calgarians will soon be happily grappling with a national first, as the city hosts a sumo festival featuring prominent Japanese wrestlers. Practitioners of the ancient Japanese martial art will ...

Fuelled by social media and a rare visit by Japan’s elite wrestlers, growing numbers of Britons are taking part in the centuries-old sport It is a centuries-old Japanese tradition, steeped in ceremony ...

It's a scene you would expect to see in Tokyo. But the sound of bare feet padding, and bodies thudding on the mat of a sports hall in Belfast signals an unlikely first - the ancient Japanese tradition ...

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The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia. Known by his ring name Aonishiki Arata ...

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Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...

Usually, visitors to the Royal Albert Hall come to savour the Proms or other concerts. For five days in mid-October the grand Victorian venue in south-west London hosted a rather different kind of ...

London — Sumo's biggest international showcase in history rocked London this week, spotlighting more than 40 wrestlers across 100 bouts with blistering palm thrusts, stunning face slaps and an ...

Fight fans are currently reacting to a wild moment from the world of sumo wrestling. Japan’s national sport recently returned to London for a five-day Grand Tournament. Not since 1991 have people in ...