Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport ...

As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether ...

There are many rules that govern sumo wrestling, the Japanese sport that operates on the principle of pushing another man down or out of a circular clay ring. But what epitomises wrestlers, in Japan ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship.

TOKYO (AP) — Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship.

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki was promoted Wednesday to the sport's second-highest rank, ozeki, in the wake of his victor ...

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. ...