Tag: sumo
Sordid stories, sumo & DIY: 5 channels to follow in June 2023
From American culture to disturbing stories, including Japanese sports, French politics and DIY. The monthly selection of YouTube channels is eclectic in May 2023, as always. The months follow each…
What’s spiritual about sumo?
During an annual sumo tournament at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 16, 2018. TORU HANAI / REUTERS At the crossroads of an international professional discipline and a pre-modern ceremony,…
Far from the war, the Ukrainian sumo team has found refuge in Japan
Writing with AFP 04/07/2022 at 10:10Updated 04/07/2022 at 10:00 Driven out by war at home and the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s top sumo wrestlers have been welcomed to Japan, the country…