UFC President Dana White founded Power Slap in 2022 and it's been shocking the sports world ever since. Power Slap is a slap-fighting promotion that features f ...

Katrina Watts stumbled across the ancient sport while living in Japan, and became known for photographing competitors and ...

The rules of Japan’s national sport are relatively straightforward: two rikishi—literally, “strong men”—face each other near the center of the ring, crouched on their haunches, like plus-size ...

SEOUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - As South Korea's global cultural influence expands in areas such as music, film and television, one ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan's national sport. In an elaborate ceremony on Wednesday, he was promoted by the Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship. Even more impressive: he defeated Hoshoryu on Sunday in the deciding match ...

Weighing as much as 4 fully grown adult men would never fly in Olympic-style wrestling but in WWE wrestling superstars of ...

Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...

Sumo wrestling is pretty niche, but certain highlights simply shouldn’t be ignored. Sometimes, it’s Micah Parsons being made to look like a rag doll despite his ability to break through the best ...