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All of these factors converged in Edo, leading to nearly 200 fires and approximately 50 "great fires" over the course of the ...

Onosato, 24, has been promoted to yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. In terms of speed, it was a record-breaking rise to the pinnacle of the sport, s･･･ ...

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Japanese artist Katsushika ...

The sport has recently been dominated by Mongolians and prior to Onosato, six of the previous seven yokozunas have been from ...

Onosato Daiki became the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in ...

Their strength lies in patience and the ancestral skills they bring to the workbench every day, working in the spirit of ...

but the sport welcomed its first foreign wrestler – a US-born Japanese-American – in 1934. And women were not even allowed to watch sumo bouts in the Edo period (1603 to 1868). But rather than ...

Yama is the heaviest sumo wrestler in the world and heaviest Japanese person ever. He challenged me to see if I could cook enough wagyu, sushi, mochi, and other foods for his lunch. More for You ...

The high point of samurai history is often associated with the Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo period (1603–1868 ... Iaijutsu derived from the martial art kenjutsu but soon became ...