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 ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

The ring sits in the centre of the hall, with a temple roof suspended above it, and a round LED screen above that There are not many sports that can keep an audience enraptured through 45 minutes of ...

There are not many sports that can keep an audience enraptured through 45 minutes of ceremony before the first point is even contested. And yet, the intricate traditions unfolding in a small clay ring ...

A sumo wrestler showed his pint-pouring skills behind the bar in The George, Fitzrovia (Picture: Reuters) When they are not inside a dohyō with their mawashi on, the participants of the Grand Sumo ...

London's Royal Albert Hall has swapped violins for loincloths this week as 40 sumo wrestlers take part in the city's first Grand Sumo Tournament in 34 years. The five-day event marks the Japan Sumo ...

LONDON - Japan's top sumo wrestlers will roll into London's Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday evening for the start of a five-day tournament to showcase their ancient sport heaving under the weight of ...

They're not the first tourists to pose on Abbey Road's famous crossing. But they're probably the biggest. These four giant sumo wrestlers recreated the iconic image of the Beatles on Wednesday as they ...

Giant sumo wrestlers have been spotted sightseeing as London prepares to host the second-ever professional sumo wrestling event held outside Japan. Some of the wrestlers (rikishi) took the opportunity ...

Sumo wrestlers have been spotted getting into black cabs and riding hire bikes as London hosts only the second ever professional sumo wrestling event held outside Japan. The Grand Sumo Tournament is ...

They're getting through 70kg of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, sumo returns to London on Wednesday. It's just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held outside of ...

They're getting through 70 kilograms of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, Sumo returns to London on Wednesday. It's just the second time a Grand Tournament has been held ...