Japanese Mahjong Japanese Mahjong Japanese Mahjong (Japanese: 麻雀, 麻将 or マージャン; "mājan"), also known as Rīchi Mahjong, is a variation of mahjong. While the basic rules to the game are retained, the variation features a unique set of rules such as "rīchi" and the use of "dora". The main mahjong article contains general terms, but only English and Japanese terms are used here. Terms like "chow," "pung," and "kong" are not used in this variation, yet their functions are still used. Instead, they are referred to in Japanese as "chī", "pon", and "kan". In 1924, a soldier named Saburo Hirayama brought the
Alice Pung Award in the Australian Book Industry Awards. Her follow-up memoir, "Her Father's Daughter", was published in 2011. Her first book for young adults, "Laurinda" was published in 2014. It was adapted for an American audience in 2016, and a collection of high school students' stories inspired by the novel was published in 2016. Pung has also written the "Marly" books for the "Our Australian Girl" children's series. Pung attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa as a Resident in 2009. Alice Pung Alice Pung (born 1981) is an Australian writer, editor and lawyer. Her books include the