TOKYO — Sumo wrestling, one of Japan’s oldest and most hallowed sports, has all kinds of inviolable rituals. The wrestlers must wear their hair in carefully coifed topknots. Before every match, they ...

They are giants of Japan. Climbing into the ring alone. Preparing for a battle that will only last seconds. Colliding into each other with stunning force. Sumo is this country's national sport.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Sumo + Sushi is back in Washington, D.C. this weekend, as the larger-than-life event will take over the DC Armory for a second straight year from June 28 to 30. Legendary American ...

The first time I saw a sumo match on TV, I was captivated. Yokozuna Kisenosato and ozeki Terunofuji, two of the sport’s most promising and successful stars, faced off for the championship title in ...

Here are a few more things worth knowing about the Margo Films, Quark Productions, NHK documentary flick. A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler starring Kyokutaisei Takuya has a Not Rated rating ...

TOKYO — The Japan Sumo Association apologized Thursday after a sumo judge ordered women, including a physician, out of the ring while trying to administer first aid to the mayor after he collapsed — ...

When Japanese sumo wrestler Takuya Saito retired from the sport at 32 and began jobhunting, he had no professional experience and didn't even know how to use a computer. Athletes in many sports can ...