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 ...

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, ...

Mahjong, the traditional Chinese tile game, is experiencing a nationwide revival, with cities from Milwaukee to Virginia Beach reporting record participation and new clubs forming. Organizers ...

In a Durham Hall classroom, students gather around two mahjong tables with riichi tiles as they put aside hands of tiles to eventually win the game. The Riichi Mahjong Club meets on the Tempe campus ...

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 ...

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, ...