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 ...

TOKYO (Japan News) -- Mahjong once had a reputation for being a "pastime for adults" and a form of gambling, but the tile-based game is now growing in popularity among junior high and high school ...

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, ...

Japanese riichi mahjong players following the game’s highest echelons were shocked to see a pretty peculiar sponsorship pop up for this year, as Final Fantasy 14 was recently unveiled as a major ...

Professional mahjong expanded beyond Japan with the launch of its first U.S. professional tour, as World Riichi and the United States Professional Mahjong League (USPML) announced a multi-stop event ...

Nippon Ichi Software will release a port of its 2000-released PlayStation title Logic Mahjong Souryu: Yonin Uchi / Sannin Uchi for Switch via the Nintendo eShop on April 12 in Japan for 1,080 yen.

Touhou Genso Mahjong will launch for Switch via the Nintendo eShop on January 30 in Japan, developer D.N.A. Softwares announced. The Touhou Project mahjong game features over 100 characters, and ...

Indie circle D.N.A. Softwares announced that Touhou Genso Mahjong will release for Switch in Japan on January 30.

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 ...