In the strict, competitive, and at times elusive, world of sumo wrestling - originating in ancient-era Japan - romance is ...

More than 40 of Japan's top wrestlers are in London, vying to be crowned the 'Grand Champion', with ticket holders given the ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

In the decades to come, Oct. 7, 2025, will go down as a landmark day in the history of Japan’s national sport. In celebrating its centennial, the Japan Sumo Association put together a program of ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event. Some 2.3 billion years ago, the Earth would have been ...

From tranquil temples to the bright lights of Tokyo, look at images that capture the “Land of the Rising Sun” Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Text by Tracy Scott Forson ...

In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing ...

Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that occurs in round and small patches on the scalp or other parts of the body. It is mainly an autoimmune response leading to sudden hair loss. (Image Credits: ...

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we now experience. There were no forests and no animals. For ancient ...