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 big men of Japanese sumo met their match Sunday in the form of an even bigger star: Donald Trump. Trump was the first US president to attend a tournament in sumo's hallowed Ryogoku Kokugikan arena ...

Legend has it that Japan’s origins stem from the outcome of a sumo match when the behemoth god Takemikazuchi defeated a tribal rival, giving birth to the Land of the Rising Sun. Accordingly, more than ...

World Championship Sumo debuts at Westchester County Center on Jan. 30. The competition surface is an 18-foot circle called the dohyo. There are 82 confirmed winning sumo techniques. The unique ...

There are three things you need to know about the lifestyle of a sumo wrestler (rikishi). The first is that the young, male-only athlete must eat between 7,000 and 9,000 calories a day. The second is ...

In Brooklyn, a reporter witnessed the sport of sumo wrestling in action. By Aimee Ortiz Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism ...