Top female shogi player Kana Satomi is attempting to make history by becoming the first woman to crack the male-dominated professional ranks. Satomi, 30, will be the first female player to undertake ...

OSAKA—A shogi player has lost a match for wearing a face mask improperly, the second such forfeit since the pandemic-era rule ...

A "human shogi" event was held in the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, on April 11. About 46,000 people came to the venue ...

The Xbox Live Arcade finds itself with another board game this week. This one, though, you probably haven't played before. Shotest Shogi brings a chess-like game to the Live Arcade that is big ...

Former Japanese shogi master Hifumi Kato died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Thursday. He was 86. The native of Fukuoka Prefecture was the first junior high school student to become a ...

After a record-breaking streak of 29 shogi victories in a row, Sota Fujii's fairytale has come to an end -- at least for the moment. On July 2, the 14-year-old prodigy was finally beaten, by ...

Shogi champion Yoshiharu Habu speaks to reporters in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Jan. 5, 2018, after learning he had been formally selected for the People's Honor Award. (Mainichi) Shogi champion ...

To gain some intelligence points, in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and probably in real life too, you could always try your hand at Shogi — Japanese chess. Plus there is some pretty cool gear you can ...