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 ...

Every January, a new taiga series debuts on public broadcaster NHK, unfolding over the year. It’s a Sunday night ritual for many that has been going on for more than six decades. The taiga — literally ...

In Japan, sumo isn’t just a sport. It is almost a religion, with its stars hailed as Demi Gods. But it’s a world closed to outside influence, where scandals are immediately covered up, women are ...

NHK has learned that the Chinese government instructed travel agencies to hold down Japan-bound tourists to less than 60 percent of previous levels. Sources said Chinese authorities sent the directive ...

A record low number of New Year's greeting cards were delivered in Japan on Thursday as 2026 began, the fewest since data became available in 2008. A ceremony to mark the start of deliveries was held ...

A pileup involving more than 50 vehicles has killed two people and injured 26 in a town in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo. The pileup occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Friday on the Kan-etsu ...

Nihon Hidankyo marks the 70th anniversary of its founding this year as a group to represent survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winning organization ...

A group of Japanese doctors has found cardboard beds helped prevent blood clots in people who evacuated after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in central Japan. The doctors, based in the prefectures of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has vowed in her New Year's message to carry out necessary reforms and bring strength, prosperity and hope to Japan. The prime minister mentions that this year ...

January 1 marks two years since a massive earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula. The region in central Japan is still reeling from the disaster, which has claimed more than 690 lives. The magnitude-7.6 ...

Here are our editors’ picks for the best cars of the years. Drum roll, please … The Best of 2021 award is given to an all-new or redesigned vehicle that excels in quality, innovation and value. The ...

Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling, with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye ...