The most popular board game in Japan is essentially invisible. It can be found everywhere—in hotel basements, in the backs of offices, even around the corner from your local train station—yet it ...
In Dragon Ball, probably the most famous action manga of all time, the characters fighting those deadly-serious battles have names like Vegeta, Trunks, Freeza and Kiwi. There’s no deep meaning behind ...
Since the birth of mahjong in Qing dynasty (1644-1912) China, different versions of the game have developed around the world. The basic principles remain the same for the most part, but each version ...
Mahjong is becoming popular as private education for children in Japan. Once strongly associated with 'gambling,' mahjong is now gaining attention among Japanese mothers as a new educational tool, ...
A mahjong museum in a prefecture near Tokyo has decided to return to China a huge collection of mahjong sets, including one used by the last Chinese emperor, Puyi, the World Mahjong Organisation (WMO) ...
As many as 100 "Kenko [healthy] Mahjong" parlours have opened across Japan, with most customers over the age of 60. The game, whose roots are believed to lie with as far back as 500BC with Confucius, ...
Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...
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