TOKYO >> As the Sumida River flows through central Tokyo during his morning embankment walks, so, too, do the vivid memories of a groundbreaking career in sumo for Jesse Kuhaulua these days. Kuhaulua, ...

Donald Trump‘s son, Eric Trump, lost a sumo wrestling match while visiting Japan last weekend. In June, Eric was condemned on social media for using the offensive term, “mongoloids,” to describe the ...

The end of the January grand sumo tournament was an absolute thriller as Hoshoryu won three straight matches on the final day to claim his second championship. Within a few days, the Mongolian Ozeki ...

Akebono was raised in Hawaii and became the first foreign-born sumo star to reach the level of "yokozuna," or grand champion Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

ROSS MIHARA: Fast start. Hakuho has the yokozuna in trouble, but he bends a knee. DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images The man widely considered to be the ...

On a hot day last June, near the shores of Lake Suwa, in the mountains of central Japan, hundreds of spectators gathered around an earthen stage roughly two feet high and two dozen feet wide. The ...

Chad Rowan, better known as Akebono, who has died of heart failure aged 54, was a Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler who in 1993 became the first yokozuna, or grand champion, to have been born outside Japan; ...

Wendy Altschuler has traveled around the world with her husband and three sons. Her kids agree that Japan has been their favorite destination. Sumo wrestling was the highlight of their trip. My kids ...