Japan's sumo association turns 100, but the sport's rituals have a much older role shaping ideas about the country

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ...
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Big surprise in sumo. The sport has a new champion — and he's Japanese

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...

Grand Sumo Tournament comes to London for the second time outside Japan in the sport's 1,500-year history

The Grand Sumo Tournament is rumbling London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in a rare foreign foray for Japan's centuries-old ...

Sports Experience at School Impacts Adult Life: Survey

People who played sports during their school days tend to be fitter and more likely to keep up the sport habit than those who did not, a survey released by the Japan Sports Agency Sunday showed. The s ...