Netflix’s latest hit drama series Sanctuary offers a rare glimpse into the world of Japanese sumo, with troubled teen protagonist Kiyoshi Oze played by Wataru Ichinose It’s not the first time the ...

TOKYO -- The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) has adamantly denied that it had pushed stablemaster Takanohana to retire as a stablemaster and shutter his stable. The statement follows the onetime grand ...

TOKYO -- Already reeling from a decline in popularity and a scarcity of young stars, Japan's ancient sport of sumo took another major hit Monday as Takanohana, one of its greatest wrestlers ever, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former sumo wrestler Takanohana, who held the top rank of 'yokozuna', handed his resignation to the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) on Tuesday, according to local media, in the latest ...

Let's not forget that Takanohana refused to allow the victim in this case, to be questioned by the sumo association, and not forget as well that Tachinoiwa went against the rules of his stable master ...

A top sumo stablemaster resigned Tuesday over a scandal that rocked Japan's traditional sport, in which one of his wrestlers was brutally beaten in a drunken brawl with another fighter. Takanohana, a ...

The departure of Takanohana from the Japan Sumo Association is a tremendous loss for both the professional sumo community and fans of the sport that should not have been allowed to happen. It means ...

In this Feb. 1, 2018 file photo, stablemaster Takanohana is seen at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo venue in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. (Mainichi) Sumo stablemaster Takanohana submitted a complaint to the ...

Entire picture is gradually coming to show out. Takanohana did not like Mongolian wrestlers' behaviors. He belives fixed matches were done by Hakuho to promote other two Mongolian wrestlers to ...