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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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1st woman to head Japan Shogi Association

Professional shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, after being elected head of the Japan Shogi Association earlier in the day. A shogi pro in the women's category, Shimizu became the first woman to head the association, dating back over 100 years.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu (R) and Koshien Stadium head Kakuro Mukai pose for a photo at the ballpark in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as they announce Habu will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu meets the press at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as he announces he will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Shogi match between Habu and Fujii at Koshien Stadium

Japan Shogi Association head Yoshiharu Habu (R) and Koshien Stadium head Kakuro Mukai pose for a photo at the ballpark in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2024, as they announce Habu will play against Sota Fujii, the holder of all eight shogi titles, at a special event at the ballpark on Dec. 8, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary later this year of both the stadium and the association. Habu held all of the then seven shogi titles in the 1990s.

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Polish woman to join professional shogi training program

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Karolina Styczynska, a 22-year-old Polish college student. The Japan Shogi Association said June 23, 2013, that Styczynska has passed an examination to join a program to train professional female players of the game, known as Japanese chess. She is the first foreign woman to join the Kenshukai training program. So far, no foreign woman has become a professional shogi player.

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Shogi association chief dies

TOKYO, Japan - This April 2010 file photo shows Japan Shogi Association Chairman Kunio Yonenaga, who died of prostate cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 18, 2012. He was 69.

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Computer software beats Japan shogi body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Yonenaga, head of the Japan Shogi Association, is pictured after losing to shogi computer software in a match in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012.

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Computer software beats Japan shogi body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Yonenaga, head of the Japan Shogi Association, is pictured after losing to shogi computer software in a match in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012.

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Shogi Association chooses money over gratitude

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo head offices of the Mainichi Shimbun (left) and the Asahi Shimbun. (

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Event celebrates Shogi master Tanigawa for receiving honorary award

Japanese chess master Koji Tanigawa (2nd from L), head of the Japan Shogi Association, joins other people in cracking open a barrel of sake during an event in Kobe, western Japan, on April 19, 2015, to celebrate his receipt of the Medal with Purple Ribbon. He is the 12th shogi player to receive the award given to people who have contributed to academic, artistic and other fields. At far left is "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Bunshi VI. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Award-winning pro 'shogi' chess player aims at interesting matches

Professional "shogi" player Kenji Imaizumi shows the Happy News Person Award received from the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association at a ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on April 6. Imaizumi, the youngest player of the Japanese chess game to have been certified as a professional since the end of World War II, said he will keep aiming to play interesting matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi player calls for suspension over cheating claims to be lifted

Hiroyuki Miura, a top-ranked player of shogi, or Japanese chess, seen in this undated photo, says on Nov. 7, 2016 that the Japan Shogi Association should withdraw an order suspending him from competition while it investigates allegations of software-assisted cheating. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cheating allegations rock world of Japanese professional shogi

Allegations of software-assisted cheating led the Japan Shogi Association to suspend top-ranked player Hiroyuki Miura, seen in an undated photo, from competition in October 2016, but a lack of hard evidence and a dubious investigation process has left more questions than answers about the controversial decision. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Computer software beats Japan shogi body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Yonenaga, head of the Japan Shogi Association, is pictured after losing to shogi computer software in a match in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Computer software beats Japan shogi body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Yonenaga, head of the Japan Shogi Association, is pictured after losing to shogi computer software in a match in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Shogi body names new head after cheating claim

Yasumitsu Sato (C), new head of the Japan Shogi Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2017. His predecessor stepped down before the end of his term in June to take responsibility for the flawed manner in which the association dealt with a claim that a top-ranked player cheated in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi association chief quits over false cheating allegation

Koji Tanigawa (L), head of the Japan Shogi Association, bows after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2017, during which he announced his resignation. Tanigawa said he will take responsibility a false allegation that top-ranked player Hiroyuki Miura cheated with software assistance during official games the previous year. Miura was later cleared by a third-party investigation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi association chief quits over false cheating allegation

Koji Tanigawa, head of the Japan Shogi Association, looks downcast during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2017, at which he announced his resignation. Tanigawa said he will take responsibility a false allegation that top-ranked player Hiroyuki Miura cheated with software assistance during official games the previous year. Miura was later cleared by a third-party investigation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi association chief quits over false cheating allegation

Koji Tanigawa (L), head of the Japan Shogi Association, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2017, taking responsibility for a false allegation that top-ranked player Hiroyuki Miura cheated with software assistance during official games the previous year. Miura was later cleared by a third-party investigation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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14-year-old pro shogi player beats oldest top player in debut match

Sota Fujii, who became the youngest-ever professional player of shogi, a chess-like Japanese board game, in October at the age of 14 years and 2 months, smiles after beating Hifumi Kato, 76, the oldest top-ranked shogi player in his debut match in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2016. The age gap between the two players was the widest in an official shogi match, according to the Japan Shogi Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo