TOKYO >> Japan’s lengthy summer vacation is in full swing. Despite the heat, the energetic voices of children playing outside are likely echoing throughout neighborhoods. The Japan Sumo Association ...

Stablemaster Isegahama, formerly the highest-ranking yokozuna Terunofuji, has been questioned by sumo's governing body regarding viol ...

Dwindling numbers of boys are interested in becoming sumo wrestlers. Aug. 31, 2013— -- Sumo is as Japanese as Mount Fuji or the cherry blossom festival, but the traditional sport is facing ...

Kitanofuji's final record as a sumo wrestler was 784–426–69, winning over 64-percent of his matches. After retiring, he became the head of the Kokonoe sumo stable, where he oversaw two more wrestlers ...

Like so many fathers and sons before them, Georgi Zilkin and Nicholas Tarasenko had an earnest conversation a while ago about what Nicholas was planning to do with his life. “He said, ‘Well, I want to ...

Japan’s national sport — hundreds of years old and steeped in tradition — has long been a source of fascination outside the country. A sumo wrestler crosses the street as others buy drinks following a ...

For many Americans, the Japanese sport of sumo is a mystery. Though it resembles the Greco-Roman style of wrestling played at U.S. high schools, colleges and at the Olympics, sumo has its own rituals, ...

Amid sumo’s growing popularity at home and abroad, rising young wrestler Aonishiki Arata hopes his success can help thrust Japan’s ancient sport further into the global spotlight. The 21-year-old ...