Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sumo wrestlers Daieisho and Roga compete in a Grand Sumo Tournament bout at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025. AP ...

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 these grappling incubators will give you a closeup look at how these giants ...

The iconic venue in the British capital is hosting the Grand Sumo Tournament — the roughly 1,500-year-old sport's most important competition — for the second time, drawing more than 44 professional ...

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

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 — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

A Ukrainian-born grappler is on the cusp of making history in Japan’s national sport of sumo, as he trains intensely for a ...

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 ...

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