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 ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, faces the enduring ban on women entering the sacred sumo ring, ...

(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 ...

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) issued a Human Rights Policy and an Integrity Code of Conduct on August 26, 2025, ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which ...

Kaysha Love was second in both races, continuing her climb since switching from push athlete to driver after the 2022 ...