He was taken to a hospital, but never recovered. The Japan Sumo Association took his death extremely seriously. On May 7, a drill saw about 60 officials re-examine how to care for injured ...

Babe Ruth stepped foot in Japan, and he was greeted like royalty. The post MLB Tokyo Series: Japan Pays Millions to See Shohei Ohtani’s American Show Shatter Sumo’s Standards appeared first on ...

The Japan Sumo Association on July 13 said a stablemaster ... bullying of people in weaker positions by those in positions of greater power. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced ...

It's been another year of powerful performances and sell-out crowds in sumo arenas across Japan. A lot of things happened in 2018 both inside and outside of the ring. Let's take look back at how ...

For decades, one of sumo’s most unique selling points has been its accessibility. Contrary to foreign media’s ubiquitous framing of Japan’s national sport as a “secret world ...

partaking of Japanese cuisine and also watching very large men slam into and grapple with each other? Not a problem, because Asakusa Sumo Club Annex is here to handle that exact combination of ...

Los Angeles Rams defensive back Quentin Lake is having a blast in Japan. The 26-year-old already met up with Los Angeles Dodgers manage Dave Roberts and now is trying out sumo wrestling and swordplay ...

What would it feel like to be inside of this artwork? Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3 ...