A native of Tokyo, Kitao developed enthusiasm for shogi, as a second-year senior high school student, when the game, a Japanese answer to chess, became popular among her classmates. She frequently ...

My favourite AI in culture project at the moment is…besides my own work, Shogi AI. Shogi is Japanese chess and Shogi AI is already better at the game than humans, but more importantly, AI has made ...

Shogi, Japanese chess; and Kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery. They could also experience Yukata, wearing a ...

We visit a cat at a serene temple garden with a 500-year history. Then, we encounter cats with artisan owners, including a knitting expert and a man who hand carves shogi (Japanese chess) pieces.

A match during the top-level Meijin shogi ranking tournament on Dec. 13 came to an unusual end when 40-year-old Akira Watanabe resigned because of leg pain.Watanabe, who holds a ninth-dan ranking, ...

"Now I know." AlphaGo Zero's latest achievements do not rest on chess alone. The paper says it was also triumphant in the Japanese board game Shogi versus a leading artificial intelligence program ...