Grenda and two other Polish wrestlers arrived on the island two ... Yoshiyama Osamu chairs Oki Ohabakai, a group seeking to keep traditional sumo alive. He told the Polish rikishi about the ...

A small group sits in a windowless Public Theater rehearsal room, but the combination of dramatic taiko drumming, the sight of many of the actors clad only in the traditional mawashi (cloth-belt ...

Fading public interest and a declining number of wrestlers is weighing heavily on the traditional sport of sumo. However, siblings and relatives of active and past competitors entering the dohyo ...

The popularity of traditional Japanese sumo has seen a welcome rise in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion ...

Responding to the association’s request for advice on what to do to maintain and expand the traditional sumo culture, the panel criticized foreign-born wrestlers in remarks that did not name ...

Japanese sumo wrestling is a traditional sport that has been around for centuries. It takes massive strength, agility and technique to be a sumo wrestler. You can even watch a practice session if ...

I mean, sumo wrestlers aren’t exactly “techy” people. Sumo is a pretty traditional sport, bounded to old rules - can you imagine these oversized wrestlers sitting down and enjoying Robert Scoble’s ...

Sumo wrestler Konishiki Yasokichi rates eight sumo fights in movies and TV shows, such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Isle of Dogs," for realism. Konishiki discusses the accuracy of throwing ...

Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood is the most traditional part of the city ... The restaurant is hard to miss, what with its exterior decorated with images of sumo wrestlers, called rikishi in Japanese.

The Hot Springs Convention Center's Bank OZK Arena hosted the first-ever All-Star Sumo competition in the state of Arkansas on Friday night.

For more than 200 years, the wrestlers have relied on the traditional Japanese soup called "chankonabe" to get the job done. Known within the Sumo community as a "legal steroid," each rendition of ...

Follow three female sumo wrestlers as they compete at the highest level at the Women's Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. The film tracks each athlete's individual journey, from strength and ...