President Marcos on Saturday urged ethnic Filipino-Japanese youth, called “Japino” in the Philippines, to help build bridges ...

Sumo, known as Japan's "national sport", actually originated in ancient China. Sumo was called jiaodi or jiaoli in ancient times. Ancient jiaodi, a Chinese-style wrestling, was performed by athletes ...

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 ...

Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, has quit the Japan Sumo ...

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the the sharing of oil revenues. The ...

Hailing from Ishikawa prefecture, Onosato, who weighs 191 kilograms, is determined to inspire his hometown, which suffered a catastrophic earthquake at the start of 2024. His recent victory in the ...

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.

Sumō has been exhibited in London as far back as the Meiji era (1868–1912). In 1910, 35 wrestlers were dispatched to the Japan-British Exhibition, an event commemorating the Anglo-Japanese ...

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 ...

Yet wrestling’s appeal in Milwaukee was larger than a single individual. It reflected a post-war appetite for both escapism and connection through physically demanding sports entertainment. On the ...