While the name is obviously Japanese in origin, Sudoku puzzles were created by a Swiss mathematician in the 18th Century. The logic-based puzzle was first called "Latin Squares". In 1895, a French newspaper published what is considered to be closest and earliest predecessor to modern Sudoku. Nearly one hundred years later, sometime in 1984, the puzzles were introduced in Japan and their rise to a world-wide phenomenon began.
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