Should fans be treated to another Emperor’s Cup-deciding yokozuna showdown on Nov. 23, it’s a toss-up for who would come out ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will air its Grand Sumo preview for the tourney starting 9.Our reporter visits the city to meet wrestlers and ...

TOKYO - Beaten to a first title as a yokozuna by fellow grand champion Onosato in September, Mongolian-born Hoshoryu is out ...

As a boy, friends say, Yoshihide Suga - poised to be Japan's next leader - sledded down mountains in winter, ran track and ...

Women are banned from entering the sumo ring but what if Sanae Takaichi wants to present the trophy that bears her office’s name?

The LPGA Tour makes its final stop in Asia for 2025 at Seta Golf Course, and the timing couldn’t be more critical. With only three regular-season events left before the CME Group Tour Championship, ...

Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer, has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction. Garner, 82, took ...

How did Londoners respond to the sumo and its wrestlers? Three Kyodo News reporters -- Mayuka Ueda, Toma Mochizuki and Sean Miyaguchi -- talk about a five-day sumo exhibition tournament held in London ...

Estonian-born Baruto Kaito – known to his family as Kaido Hoovelson – rose from a small Estonian town athlete to one of Japan ...

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the previous year, as its sales more than ...

Sarah Kellam is a Kentucky native and played collegiate golf at Northern Kentucky University. She currently serves as a ...