Ruth Ozeki is an award-winning author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest whose novels have garnered international critical acclaim for their ability to integrate issues of science, technology, ...

Along with a promotion to ozeki, the second-highest rank in sumo, Kiribayama on May 31 also received a new ring name that his stablemaster wrestled under: "Kirishima." The board of directors of ...

A few days after winning his first Emperor’s Cup, Shodai made headlines again by receiving a promotion to the second-highest rank of Ozeki for the November Grand Sumo Tournament. In his ...

Heading into the tournament, all eyes were on a couple of Ozeki champions: Shodai and Asanoyama. Shodai had just been promoted to the second-highest rank of Ozeki after winning his first title in ...

The end of the January grand sumo tournament was an absolute thriller as Hoshoryu won three straight matches on the final day to claim his second championship. Within a few days, the Mongolian Ozeki ...

FUKUOKA--Ozeki Kotozakura won his first Emperor’s Cup, besting fellow ozeki Hoshoryu on Nov. 24 on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Both ozeki entered ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kotozakura, who will enter the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March as a demotion-threatened "kadoban" ...

This year’s keynote presenter is American-Canadian author and filmmaker Ruth Ozeki, whose most recent novel, “The Book of Form and Emptiness,” published in 2022, won multiple prizes.

Kinbozan, right, defeats ozeki Kotozakura on Day 13 of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Jan. 24, 2025. (Mainichi/Emi Naito) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Rank-and-file ...