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The word “stack” can mean putting tiles on top of each other, or the group of tiles put on top of each other. But, stacking can also apply to yaku as well. Adding more yaku can increase your hand’s value, and even yakuman can be stacked for explosive wins. in the 25th week of theContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 25: Stack”

Every single game is important. From points for your own team to swings on other teams, each game causes a shift in the standings. All of this leads to deciding who will end up advancing to the playoffs.And those final games feel a lot more important. On the 24th week of the M-League 2025-26 regularContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 24: Final Month”

The endgame in any mahjong game is important. A bad endgame can mean a loss of 1st place and maybe even a painful drop into 4th place. But a good endgame, with careful analysis and good decisions and maybe a little luck, move you to great heights. In the 23rd week of the M-League 2025-26Continue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 23: Endgame”

In every mahjong game, you make dozens of calculations and analyses per second, from what to discard to how many tiles are left to the number of points you need to make a comeback. Every second counts. And sometimes, even escaping 4th place to get to 2nd place is a great accomplishment. This week, theContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 22: Seconds”

Faster. Higher. Stronger. In mahjong, one must have strength to train day after day, trying to become better and better. One must have strength to come up with the best choice out of the countless number of choices in a mahjong game. And one must have strength to keep pushing, even when a game seemsContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 21: Strength”

East. South. West. North. These four winds live in harmony in a mahjong game. And those who master all four of these winds can save their game. This week, the 20th week of the M-League 2025-26, the winds of change really did come. With the power of the winds, Hori Shingo of the Kadokawa SakuraContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 20: Winds Of Change”

One must always approach a mahjong game carefully. With every single decision affecting the game, even a single wrong move can spell disaster. But if you approach everything well, then you can approach and even surpass records. In the 19th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, we had players getting strong results and asContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 19: Approach”

In mahjong, your wait is the tiles you need to win a hand. Sometimes, only a single tile will give the win. Other times, 3 or 4 different types of tiles can do the job. This week, the 18th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, we had both wide and narrow waits. In aContinue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 18: Wait”

Uchikawa Kotaro is a mahjong pro with the Japan Professional Mahjong League. He has played in M-League since 2019, joining the EX Furinkazan at the M-League 2025-26 draft. And right after that, he won the 2025 World Riichi Championship. This week, the 17th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, Uchikawa did something quite incredible,Continue reading “M-League 2025-26 Week 17: Uchikawa”

Starting on Thursday, January 15, 2026, the “Mahjong Live” channel on ABEMA will be renamed “Mahjong 2”