Women aren’t permitted to enter the sumo ring. Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader, did not present the Prime ...
As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality ...
TOKYO (AP) — 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. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still ...
Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll ...
A version of this scene repeated itself all day in Kyoto last month as 300 wrestlers went at it in bout after bout. This was ...
Sanae Takaichi must decide whether to break with centuries of tradition and step into the ring to present a trophy ...
Today, sumo is a modern sport with records, rules and a governing institution that celebrated its 100th anniversary in ...
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. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from ...
(The Conversation) — A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men ...
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport. In an ...
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