Lone yokozuna Hoshoryu notched another convincing win Monday at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, crushing out No. 1 ...

Lone yokozuna Hoshoryu made a confident start Sunday at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with a push-out victory against ...

Make no mistake — Japan’s national sport has perhaps the most violent and intense training sessions of any athletic endeavor, ...

Grand Sumo Tournament is just around the corner. NHK World's Shibuya Aki and Raja Pradhan discuss the prospects of two top ...

There’s something surreal about walking through Shibuya during Pride Week, past rainbow crosswalks and pride flags, only to remember that same-sex marriage is still not legal in Japan. It might ...

Newly promoted yokozuna Hoshoryu pulled out of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday after suffering a right elbow injury and neck sprain requiring two weeks of recovery. In a challenging start ...

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him.