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Former shogi master Hifumi Kato died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Thursday at the age of 86.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2026
Former shogi master Hifumi Kato dies at 86
Called an unprecedented genius, the Fukuoka Prefecture native was the first junior high school student to become a professional shogi player in August 1954.
Shogi player Kana Fukuma speaks at a news conference about issues with Japan Shogi Association rules governing pregnant women, in Osaka on Dec. 10.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 19, 2025
In Japan, a shogi player opens a debate on motherhood and the ¡®game of generals¡¯
Kana Fukuma says new rules governing female shogi players would have forced her to choose between her career and having a second child.
Shogi player Sota Fujii wins the 38th Ryuo championship on Thursday in the city of Kyoto, earning "eisei" lifetime status for the title.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2025
Shogi star Sota Fujii becomes third player to earn ¡®eisei¡¯ Ryuo status
The 23-year-old currently holds six of the traditional Japanese board game¡¯s eight major titles.
Held from June 7-8, the Japan Rapid Chess Championships is the latest major event put on by the country's chess supporters who hope to capitalize on the game's global momentum.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 14, 2025
Under shogi¡¯s shadow, Tokyo¡¯s chess lovers make their move
Japan has long resisted the lure of chess, but the stage is being set for the country¡¯s first-ever grandmaster, one expert says.
Yarn shortages are a sign that hobbies like knitting and crochet are gaining in popularity.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 4, 2025
¡®Granny hobbies¡¯ are the new self-care
Pastimes long associated with Japanese grandparents are booming on social media as young people look for new (old) ways to relax.
Shogi star Sota Fujii holds a board with his new title "eisei Kisei" after a match in Nagoya on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2024
Shogi star Fujii becomes youngest winner of ¡®Eisei¡¯ status
Fujii gained the eisei Kisei status at the age of 21 years and 11 months by winning the title for five straight years, starting with his first win in July 2020.
Sota Fujii (right) and Takumi Ito in the city of Kofu, in Yamanashi Prefecture, on Thursday after Fujii was beaten by his challenger for his Eio title.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2024
Shogi star Sota Fujii loses major title for first time
Fujii, 21, gave up the Eio title in his 23rd title match in Yamanashi Prefecture. The challenger, Takumi Ito, 21, won his first crown with three wins and two losses.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 29, 2024
The vocabulary of shogi can help you make moves in your conversations
The world of shogi, a game that is often described as a form of Japanese chess, has given us much more than just checkmates.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2024
Shogi star Fujii renews record for title match winning streak
Fujii holds all eight major titles for the traditional Japanese board game.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visit the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima on May 21 during the Group of Seven summit. Zelenskyy¡¯s visit to one of the two cities attacked with a nuclear weapon came amid Russia¡¯s veiled threats to use its nuclear arsenal in its war against Ukraine.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2023
Images of 2023: Japan
Outside of the successful G7 summit, the year was not kind to PM Fumio Kishida¡¯s unpopular administration. A kickback scandal provided one final headache.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2023
Sota Fujii becomes first player to win all eight major shogi titles
The 21-year-old took the Oza crown, having won Game 4 to finish the best-of-five match against 31-year-old Takuya Nagase.
An inside page of The Japan Times from 1973 carried a story about the discovery of some old Japanese chess pieces.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Aug 1, 2023
Japan Times 1973: 8 ¡®oldest¡¯ shogi pieces found in castle¡¯s ruins
An ancient discovery and moments that mark the atomic bombings fill past August pages of Japan Times.
CULTURE
Feb 9, 2021
Amid a global chess boom, shogi eyes its own winning moves
The game has seen a surge in interest during the pandemic, with children and adults alike dusting off their boards or joining online communities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 31, 2021
Analog activities that will get (and keep) you off your phone
We all know too much screen time is bad for us. So hit the off button and consider picking up one of these Japanese hobbies instead.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2018
Shogi master Yoshiharu Habu goes titleless for first time in 27 years
Shogi master Yoshiharu Habu lost his Ryuo title to 31-year-old challenger Akihito Hirose, leaving him without a major shogi title for the first time in 27 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 29, 2018
¡®The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan¡¯: It¡¯s never too late to make your move
Chess pops up in a surprising number of feature films. Just look at all the documentaries and dramas about the outrageously gifted Bobby Fischer. Shogi, or Japanese chess, is a different and smaller story, though ¡°Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow,¡± a 2016 film about prodigy Satoshi Murayama, garnered awards...
JAPAN
May 19, 2018
Shogi whiz Fujii becomes youngest promoted to seventh dan
The young genius continues his meteoric climb by earning the Japanese chess game¡¯s third-highest rank at the age of 15 years and 9 months.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2018
Shogi showdown pits ¡®god¡¯ against ¡®genius¡¯
The match of the century. The battle between a ¡°god¡± and a ¡°genius.¡± The faceoff between the undisputed champion of shogi and his touted successor.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2018
Pair become first board game players to receive Â鶹´«Ã½ People¡¯s Honor Award
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday officially decided to bestow the prestigious People¡¯s Honor Award on professional shogi and go champions, making the pair the first board game players to bag the award.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2017
Accomplishments of shogi and go champions
The performances of shogi and go champions Yoshiharu Habu and Yuta Iyama show why AI programs will never dominate those games even as they rack up victories against top players.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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