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

Sumo wrestler Asashoryu ... So competitive that he scowls when he first sees the new 10-inch Asashoryu doll that the Japan Sumo Assn. has brought out as part of a line of promotional action figures.

TOKYO Japan’s national sport of sumo ejected a top wrestler and a coach on Sunday and slapped punishments on nearly two dozen others for their involvement in gambling run by organized crime. The ...

Hakuho, widely regarded as sumo wrestling’s greatest grand champion, has resigned from the Japan Sumo Association after a disagreement. Having retired from wrestling in 2021, he plans to establish a ...

Japanese sumo wrestler Onosato (C) and his Nishonoseki stable master (R) attend the "yokozuna," or grand champion, promotion ceremony in Ami Town, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, May 28, 2025.

Japan’s sumo wrestling evolves to capture new blood, change impressions of scandal and brutality. ... the membership figures fell from 1,484 in 2003 to just 655 in 2023.

Japanese sumo wrestlers get an unlikely gadget to help their pudgy fingers dial some digits. Can a person's hands be too big for a conventional cell phone? If you're a sumo wrestler, maybe so. The ...

Wrestling under the name Osunaarashi, which translates as 'Great Sandstorm,' the 21-year-old Abdelrahman Ahmed Shalan is the first professional sumo wrestler from the African continent. Being an ...

Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” offers New Yorkers who are little exposed to that ancient Japanese discipline an opportunity to learn about it in an atmosphere of authenticity and respect.