Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Gift of Special Collections, Norlin ...
TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves ...
Even more questionable is that the Japan Sumo Association, the governing body of professional sumo, has partly sided with such arguments. This spring, a panel of experts set up by the association ...
Stablemaster Naruto and a person at Yakushiji Temple know each other, and sumo wrestlers have been visiting since 2019. It is said that people can feel calm by copying sutras. Japanese original ...
Image: Chris Christodoulou The last (and only) time that a sumo wrestling Grand Tournament took place outside of Japan, Hulk Hogan was still winning Royal Rumbles. "Usually in Japan we don't have ...