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

Former shogi Meijin title holder Hifumi Kato, 84, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2024, after receiving a ...

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii became the youngest player ever to clinch five major professional titles in the Japanese board game, doing so just six months short of his 20th birthday. Fujii defeated ...

"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 ...

Juri Kimura is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. She is the first person from Shiga Prefecture to become a professional shogi player.

As you likely already know, Japanese games are the lifeblood of our site and there were quite a few of them released this year in 2024. As we wind down this year and prepare for the next ...

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

Fairy Tail 2 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC and Mystery Walk for Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases. Get the full list of this week’s ...

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