Sumo wrestling's greatest champion ... wins and perfect championships than any other wrestler in history. His retirement leaves just one wrestler at the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.

Now, a series of special events is set to combine those two parts of Sumida’s identity, as the Skytree’s observation deck, 350 meters up in the sky, will serve as a venue for geisha dance and sumo ...

Wrestlers begin a sumo match with their fists on the floor. Then, the mountains collide. Both men throw absolute death at each other — grabs and strikes, hands latched on to the other’s belt. Suddenly ...

The ancient sport is described as being in a crisis as it grapples with several issues, including high attrition rates ...

The student government at University of California–Davis apologized for bringing a sumo wrestling fat suit on ... trivialized Japanese culture and the history of Japanese rikishi or sumo ...

Kitanofuji was only the 52nd man to reach the highest rank of Yokozuna in the sport's centuries-old history. Competing ...