Step into a traditional workshop where the soul-stirring craftsmanship of shogi pieces is brought to life. Using centuries-old techniques, skilled artisans carefully shape and carve each piece by hand ...

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii offers many options for earning points while playing the classic Japanese board game shogi: you can play ranked matches against opponents, you can take on ...

These shogi players in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, are really on their game. Two women — one a third dan, the other a first dan — recently faced off, with high school students moving at their every ...

Shogi professional Madoka Kitao recently ended her playing career but the contribution she made to the traditional board game will be felt for generations to come. Kitao, 43, devised “Dobutsu ...

Fourteen-year-old Sota Fujii, the youngest-ever professional shogi player who has just set the longest winning streak of 29 matches, is not only known for his outstanding talent but his fiery ...

KYOTO--Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii made history again, becoming the first player to win all eight major titles of the board game on Oct. 11. Fujii, 21, defeated Takuya Nagase, 31, the Oza holder ...