A match during the top-level Meijin shogi ranking tournament on Dec. 13 came to an unusual end when 40-year-old Akira ...

The festival proved to be a blend of both cultures with over 800 participants at the public event. Patrons roamed the several ...

The strongest professional shogi player has demonstrated his ability and defeated a formidable opponent. In the shogi world, ...

"Shogi" wunderkind Sota Fujii showed his mettle in winning the deciding game of the Eio championship on Sept. 13, becoming the youngest player to capture the sport’s triple crown. Fujii, 19 ...

Sota Fujii defeated eighth-dan Yuuki Sasaki 4-2 in the best-of-seven Ryuo shogi championship series and won the title for the ...

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The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard ...

From Berserk to Vinland Saga, seinen anime cover many genres and themes. The demographic's best series are also among the ...

Tanimura’s future was set when he was in junior high school. A neighborhood Japanese musical instruments dealer happened to have a used guitar for sale in a showcase. The young Tanimura bought ...

The little-known traditional Japanese card game of karuta may seem ... it through the parallel storylines of talented teenage shogi player Rei and his interactions with the three Kawamoto sisters.