Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious ...

LaVerne Marie Strube, 94, longtime resident of Willowick, Ohio passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, December 5, 2025, in Roaming Shores at the home of her daughter.Born on May 24 ...

How can you tidy up if many, many things bring you joy? When the Japanese organizing guru Marie Kondo published her first book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” (2014), she inspired a ...

Before entering the ring Thursday night in Miami Beach, Ichigo Sayaka spent six hours in hair and make up. A flurry of stylists buzzed around her, braiding long pink extensions into pigtails and ...

Sukeban, the touring Japanese women’s pro wrestling league, is in town at the Miami Beach Bandshell on Wednesday, Dec. 3 during Art Basel Week. It’s a triumphant return from its Miami debut in 2023.

“It’s all about the texture,” says the author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” and the new “Letter From Japan.” Both fit the bill. Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by In an email interview, ...

(CNN) — A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport.

THE TWO young contenders grab at each other’s loincloths. A referee keeps up the shout of “nokotta nokotta”, indicating that the wrestlers are still in the game. Suddenly one lunges forward, sending ...

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