November 18, 2024
Kenshin Nakamura (front, left) in a sumo squat, facing another sumo wrestler from his stable. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES
Japan’s sumo wrestling evolves to capture new blood, change impressions of scandal and brutality
Sumo, Japan’s national sport steeped in millennia of ritualistic tradition, has its first known mention in a manuscript dating back to the year 712.
