
National Jan 5, 2018
Pair become first board game players to receive Japan's People's Honor Award
by Tomohiro Osaki
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday officially decided to bestow the prestigious People's Honor Award on professional shogi and go champions, making the pair the first board game players to bag the award. The two — shogi player Yoshiharu Habu and go master Yuta Iyama ...