Bringing the energy of Japan’s capital to Braddon, the Tokyo Throwdown at Hopscotch promises to turn drinks into a ...

He is the yokozuna (champion) of Japanese sumo (wrestling). Fortnight ago in Tokyo, some 10,000 yapping devotees of Japan’s most ancient & honorable sport saw him attain this distinction in the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Sumo Association officially approved Mongolian wrestler Hoshoryu's promotion to yokozuna, the sport's highest rank, at an extraordinary board meeting Wednesday.

Even more questionable is that the Japan Sumo Association ... emeritus at the University of Tokyo, made a set of proposals concerning the future of professional sumo. Responding to the association ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest yokozuna strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient sport's highest rank. Mongolian-born Hoshoryu ...

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New ...

It’s January 2025 and Hoshoryu is officially sumo’s 74th yokozuna. Just nine days ago the possibility of that sentence being true seemed remote. With three losses after the midway point of the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Sumo Association's judges division will hold an extraordinary meeting Sunday, before the final day's action at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, to discuss Hoshoryu's ...

“It’s not just a sport—it’s an identity, a tradition, and in many ways, a sacrifice.” Trending on NextShark: 'SUMO' brings Japan’s sacred wrestling tradition to the New York stage The play comes at a ...