In a daily fashion walk, sumo wrestlers are turning heads as they arrive at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan for their bouts in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. The massive competitors are each clad in ...

Onosato won the Fall Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo with a 13-1 record on Sept. 21, ensuring his promotion to the rank of ozeki.

Beneath the vaulted roof of Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, patrons pay 11,000 yen ($76) to eat breaded pork cutlets before watching and joining wrestlers in a sumo ring.

Nearby sumo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in eastern Tokyo stands an unassuming temple called Ekoin. It is likely that many passersby are unaware of Ekoin’s deep connections to sumo that make it famous in ...

Tokyo’s Sumida Ward has an interesting double nature. On one hand, being the part of the city where the Tokyo Skytree stands, there’s an undeniable modern aspect to Sumida, but at the same time, the ...

Sumo wrestler Terunofuji, left, poses for a commemorative photo with his wife after their wedding ceremony at the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Feb. 11, 2021. (Pool photo) TOKYO -- ...

TOKYO -- In the ambience of a live orchestra performance, hundreds of babies were cradled by popular sumo wrestlers on May 1 during a special photo event in the capital for sumo tournament ticket ...

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