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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Photo taken on June 2, 2023, in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, shows a soda float with the kanji character for "seven" on it served to celebrate his securing of the Meijin title, shogi's most prestigious and oldest, the previous day in a best-of-seven series in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously, after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996, and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Photo taken on June 2, 2023, in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, shows a key holder made to celebrate his securing of the Meijin title, shogi's most prestigious and oldest, the previous day in a best-of-seven series in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously, after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996, and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii became the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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Search for climbers continues

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Police officers transport a climber (R) recovered in a rescue operation by helicopter from a mountain in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2013. The climber, a 50-year-old man, was later confirmed dead due to exposure.

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U.S. envoy in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) tastes sake at a brewery in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on July 9, 2011. The envoy urged foreign tourists to visit Japan amid a decline in the number of visitors to the country following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 12 floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 12 floats proceed through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture on April 14, the first day of the two-day annual Takayama Festival that heralds the arrival of spring in the region.

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Police recover bodies of 4 men hit by avalanche in Gifu

TAKAYAMA, Japan - The three survivors of a avalanche that killed four climbers from two mountain-climbing groups on Mt. Yarigatake in Gifu Prefecture earlier this week descend the mountain unaided on Jan. 2. From extreme right: Yutaka Takeuchi, 38, of a mountaineering group from Tokyo, and Motoo Suzuki, 47, and Miyoko Nagase, 30, both from a mountaineering group in Tokushima. The seven climbers were sleeping inside two nearby tents on a 2,000-meter-high slope of Mt. Yarigatake when the avalanche struck at around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, local officials say. The bodies of the four climbers were recovered earlier Jan. 2.

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Gold bullion claimed to be worth 200 mil. yen stolen from museum

GIFU, Japan - Four men snatched a large block of gold bullion claimed to be worth 200 million yen March 18 while it was on display at an artworks museum (in photo) in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, police said.