Called an unprecedented genius, the Fukuoka Prefecture native was the first junior high school student to become a professional shogi player in August 1954.

The governing body of the Japanese strategy game shogi has apologized for banning pregnant players from title matches around their due date. Officials say they will form a new policy after consulting ...

TOKYO -- Hifumi Kato, who had the longest career as a professional shogi player at 62 years, died of pneumonia on Jan. 22. He ...

The Japan Shogi Association announced on January 7 that Masayuki Toyoshima, a 35-year-old ninth-dan shogi player, has gotten married. His partner is reportedly a noncelebrity. Toyoshima posted on X ...

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