Since Wajima's retirement, the number of university graduates entering professional sumo has surged. 48:10 The winner of the 2024 September tournament, Onosato, is one of them.

A familiar face in TV dramas, films and plays, Konno, 61, talks nonstop when the subject turns to sumo. “When I was a girl, I was determined to marry Wajima, Kitanofuji or Takanohana,” she ...

Wajima-nuri is a lacquerware craft from Ishikawa Prefecture, and one of the oldest traditional crafts in Japan. However, the entire region was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year ...

In the Ishikawa city of Wajima, snowfall in the six hours to 7 a.m. Saturday reached 27 centimeters, matching the largest recorded amount for the area. Accumulated snow could crush houses damaged ...