CEDAR FALLS - They are positioned ever so carefully. Buttons are pushed, and their human operators move aside. A few tense seconds go by while the inches-high competitors stare each other down. Then ...

You may not be a hardcore fan of Sumo, but there are some things so impressive they do not require an intimate understanding of the art to raise an eyebrow. Such a thing took place on Sunday at London ...

(CNN) — A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. Sumo wrestling, which involves pressing flesh against flesh and breathing ...

The country's best sumo wrestlers practice kitty-corner from a 99-cent store in a Torrance strip mall. The floor in the rented dojo has just enough space for one ring made of a white plastic tarp with ...

President Trump is on an official state visit to Japan. He's there to meet the country's new emperor and talk trade with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But today he also got a front-row view of ...

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than ...

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President Trump is on an official state visit to Japan. He's there to meet the country's new emperor and talk trade with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But today he also got a front-row view of ...