May Basho brings top sumo wrestlers to Ryogoku. See match highlights, ticket tips and best times to visit the tournament.

Fresh off his crowd-pleasing championship at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, Hoshoryu expressed excitement and disbelief at his victory.

There are many areas across Japan that are famed sumo hotspots, known as “sumo-dokoro.” One such location is Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, which, since the start of this year, has been ...

SUMO wrestling, Japan’s centuries‑old sport of thunderous collisions and ritual pageantry, is enjoying an unlikely boom far beyond its homeland. Once seen ...

Sumo is gaining popularity among foreign visitors, with many flocking to tournaments in Tokyo and more stables beginning to ...

The decisive day of the Hatsu Basho tournament has taken place in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena on 25 January. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious approach to gender issues. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting ...

Japan’s unique cultural identity means that it’s a nation that’s steeped in age-old traditions and iconic experiences for tourists to enjoy all year round. The East Asian nation was once a locked ...

TOKYO - Rising talent Hakunofuji blew away yokozuna Onosato and knocked him from the top of the leaderboard on a day of big upsets Sunday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. The stunning result ...

TOKYO >> The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, the last big competition of the year, began in Fukuoka Nov. 9 and ran through Nov. 23. Spectators in attendance caught the familiar sight of five ...

Kazuto Ioka has revived an old tradition, but it’s a new platform on which he will appear that has sparked industry-wide interest in what’s to come in the year ahead. Ioka, 31-4-1 (16 KOs) and his ...