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SUMO
Jan 26, 2007

JSA arranges London sumo tour

The Japan Sumo Association said Thursday that Japanese wrestlers will take part in an exhibition tour in London in October 2009.
SUMO
Oct 4, 2005

Kotooshu prevails in one-day sumo event

Bulgarian sekiwake Kotooshu, who missed out on the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament title last month, won the All-Japan Rikishi Championship on Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2004

Woman says sumo chief choked her

A 28-year-old woman who works at a Tokyo restaurant has reported to police that Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi assaulted and sexually harassed her, police sources said Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 10, 2002

Onishi takes amateur sumo honors

Nippon Sports Science University junior Masatsugu Onishi floored Keisho Shimoda to claim his first title in the amateur sumo national championships Sunday.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
May 13, 2023

Roger Dahl on sumo

SUMO / Basho reports
Mar 15, 2023

Abi deals blow to Takakeisho's yokozuna promotion hopes

No. 5 Midorifuji, No. 7 Takayasu, No. 10 Nishikifuji and top-tier makuuchi debutant No. 15 Hokuseiho all earned their fourth wins to join Daieisho as co-leaders.
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
SPORTS
Nov 13, 2025

Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas

Japan, where viewing habits have been slow to change, is now fully in the streaming era, though not everyone is ready to come along for the ride.
Tourists drive rental go-karts while dressed up as game characters through the streets of Shibuya and other areas of Tokyo in December 2018.
COMMENTARY
Sep 6, 2023

A 10-year tourist boom and all I got was this lousy 'Mario Kart'

Like cockroaches in a nuclear apocalypse, seemingly nothing can destroy the "Mario Karts": not legal action, not the government and not even the pandemic.
Jargal Lhagvasuren practicing an aerial routine at the Mongolian Circus School in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on May 18. Contortionists and acrobats with celestial skills train in squalid conditions as the promise of a former sumo wrestler to restore the national circus to its past glory has gone mostly unfulfilled.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2023

Mongolians are circus stars all over the world, except at home

The promise to return state circus in Ulaanbaatar to its former glory remains unfulfilled, forcing trained performers abroad.

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