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

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony.

The five-day Grand Sumo Tournament at London’s Royal Albert Hall marked the first time an official sumo tournament took place ...

Sumo is Japan's national sport - a mix of tradition, discipline and Shinto religious rituals going back more than 1,000 years. It is a combat sport with two wrestlers – called rikishi – fighting ...

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

All-Star Sumo, a sumo tournament company featuring professional wrestlers, will be coming to the venue's Premier Theater on Nov. 15, according to Foxwoods' website.

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournamen ...

Follow live BBC Coverage of the Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London as it returns for the first time in 34 ...

Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...

Coverage: Watch on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website and app and in-play clips on BBC Sport website from 19:30 BST. Sumo is the iconic national sport of Japan, but it is also a mix of ...

Among those in London for this week’s tournament is Ōhō Kōnosuke, a 6’3” sumo wrestler from Kōtō, Tokyo. Ōhō, 25, is the ...