Ann put me in touch with the club’s founder, Oscar Dolan, who shared with me his journey to sumo wrestling. He detailed the ...

Scandals and high-profile resignations of former stars have 'sullied' image of Japan's national sport – but could its latest star turn the tide?

I’ll be training with two of the world’s heaviest sumo wrestlers- Yama and Rami - alongside Igor Voitenko. With just five hours of training, we’ll step into the ring for a full sumo match to see if we ...

DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or grand champion, we reached out to NHK sumo announcer Ross Mihara.

dirt ring. Since this usually takes less than a minute and Japanese wrestling matches last all day, most of the time is devoted to ceremonies in which sumo is the richest pastime in the world.

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...

Taro Akebono, born in Hawaii as Chad Rowan, performs a ritual prior to a match in the 1993 San Jose Basho sumo wrestling tournament held June 4-5, 1993 at the San Jose Event Center in San Jose ...

Katsuragi is the origin of sumo, Japan's national sport with 1,500 years of history. At Kehayaza Sumo Museum, we took our shoes off and sat in a box seat on top of cushions to watch.