NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO January Tournament Day 8 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers have their eighth ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN broadcasts GRAND SUMO January Tournament Day 1 action live from Tokyo, as the top wrestlers have their first bouts of the 15-day contest.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly overseen a drill involving long-range strategic cruise missiles. South Korean and US forces are on alert, and monitoring the situation. The Monday ...

Talking sumo with H.E. Demon Kakka Renowned artist and entertainer His Excellency Demon Kakka, who provides regular analysis for NHK's sumo programs, talks us through all the storylines ahead of ...

TOKYO - Having ascended to the top rank of yokozuna at a formidable pace, five-time Emperor's Cup winner Onosato faces one of the first major hurdles of his professional career at the New Year Grand ...