Japanese Chess Championship was created in 1969.
Chess is not common in Japan, but a chess variant known as Shogi is.
The Japanese variant of chess is called Shogi and is played on a different board with a different set of rules.
Yes it is. It is the Japanese equivalent of chess.
Shogi .
Kio or Kioh is on of the seven title a shogui (japanese chess) champion can earn.
There is an anime which has a similar basis of chess. It's called Hikaru no Go, and honestly it's very well done for it being about Go(which is like Japanese Chess). It's drawn up by the same people who do Death Note. There is a Chinese chess anime which i believe is called Chess Master. Check them out and see how you like it
Japanese form of what?
Typically the term box , in chess , refers to a chess engine. A form of chess playing software. The term box meaning one is playing a box ( the computer ) as opposed to a live opponent.
司教 /shi kyou/ is Japanese for 'Bishop' in sense of 'a high-ranking Catholic cleric'. 角行 /ka ku gyou/is Japanese for 'bishop' in sense of the shogi (Japanese chess) piece.
The first form of chess was invented in India. The rules of the game we play today were finalized in the 1490's.
All of them - apart form the King.