This photo taken Dec. 5, 2025, shows Japanese female professional shogi player Kana Fukuma. (Kyodo) MATSUE (Kyodo) -- A Japanese female professional shogi player who holds six women's titles has asked ...

OSAKA—A decorated shogi champion here has called for a rule that accommodates players whose pregnancy or childbirth overlaps with competing in championship matches. “The current rules force us to ...

Japanese female shogi player Kana Fukuma, second from left, speaks at a press conference held in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025. (Kyodo) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The Japan Shogi Association apologized Wednesday to ...

The Japan Shogi Association apologized Wednesday to six-title-holding women's player Kana Fukuma over its treatment of pregnant players, adding it is preparing rule revisions to better reflect their ...

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Shogi Association announced Tuesday a review of its professional tournament rules for pregnant female players. The association will abolish its rule stipulating ...

The Japan Shogi Association has announced its decision to review a rule about prohibiting pregnant players from competing in title matches around their due date. The move comes after Fukuma Kana, who ...

A top Japanese professional women's shogi player has raised concerns over the Japan Shogi Association's handling of pregnancy and childbirth among players. Shogi is a Japanese game similar to chess.

Shogi champion Kana Fukuma won a victory off the board on Dec. 16, as the Japan Shogi Association agreed to lift match scheduling rules for female players who are pregnant or after giving birth. The ...

A prominent shogi player says the league's rule forces players to choose between their children and careers A Japanese chess association has apologised to a prominent shogi player who criticised a ...

Chess originated from a game called Chaturanga in China. While most of the world plays traditional chess, Japan and some Asian countries have their own version of chess. The Japanese version is called ...

This repository defines fundamental data types and functions for shogi (Japanese chess). It consists of two crates: a library crate that defines items (rlib crate), and a library crate that defines C ...

Abstract: I welcome you to the fourth issue of the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials in 2021. This issue includes 23 papers covering different aspects of communication networks. In particular, ...