Themed restaurants are part of Japan’s tourism ecosystem that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hopes will add five trillion yen (RM160bil) a year to the nation’s economy. Sumo is seeing a ...

Born Yavhusishyn Danylo, Aonishiki arrived in Japan alone in April 2022 at age 18 to escape the Russian invasion of his homeland. He then refined his skills at the sumo club of Kansai University ...

Earlier this year, Hanshin Contents Link opened a sumo hall in Osaka, Japan’s third-largest city, that entertains foreign tourists with explanatory exhibitions and actual bouts. Organisers of ...