A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town has honored a local deity. Among more than 200 ...

But it took Hakuho years to make up his mind to do so as ... Rikido Tomikawa, a professor well-versed in sumo at Nihon Wellness Sports University, said acquiring Japanese citizenship will not ...

It was near there, at the foot of Mt. Nijo in Katsuragi City, where I had another quest for my boys — to learn about Japan's oldest sport: Sumo wrestling. Katsuragi is the origin of sumo ...

Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top of ... Only one of the seven most recent yokozuna was born in Japan. Of the others, five were born in Mongolia, including Terunofuji, and one in the ...