Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony ...

Japan has a woman in its most powerful political office for the first time. Sanae Takaichi now leads the government, attends global summits and speaks for the nation. Yet there is still one elevated ...

FILE - Grand champion Asashoryu of Mongolia, left, receives the Prime Minister's Cup from Chief Cabinet Secretary and soon-to-be Premier Shinzo Abe at Tokyo's Ryogoku Sumo Arena on Sept. 24, 2006.

Hiyori is one of the best sumo wrestlers in the world at age 20. Though women don't reach their physical peak until the age of 25 or 26, she will be forced into retirement next year due to Japan's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jayant Rohatgi's feature directorial debut "Sumo Didi" has its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival's Asian ...

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring.

A female mayor at the centre of a fierce debate over allowing women into the sumo ring vowed Thursday never to back down as she lodged a formal protest. “I won’t give up this time around… I’m ...

FILE - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool) TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she'll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ring.