TOKYO - Kyoichiru Noguchi, honorary president of the Japan Mahjong Organizing Committee JMOC and founder of the Mahjong Museum and publishing house Take Shobo, has retired from his function at JMOC. Noguchi-san played a decisive role in the world-wide spread of the Chinese Official mahjong rules, now generally known as Mahjong Competition Rules (MCR). He was the initiator of the first World Championship in Mahjong, which was followed by numerous international tournaments.

STOCKHOLM - Last week, the mahjong world witnessed the start of a new online network: Mahjong Logic. On two servers, the game is already running, with impressive graphics. Within the next couple of months, more servers will be in the air, and from then, also money games will be launched. Time to talk with Jonas Alm, chief executive officer of Mahjong Logic. “Yes, we intend to sponsor mahjong events. And yes, on our server a player can win thousands of euros.”