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FIBA task force positive on Tokyo 2020 berth for Japan
Japan's men's basketball team is on the right track to earn a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, FIBA task force co-chairman Ingo Weiss told a news conference on Sunday. Weiss stressed that the Japan Basketball Association has fully lived up to the expectations of ...
Japan Basketball Association officials apologize to Diet members for scandal
Officials from the Japan Basketball Association apologized to an all-party parliamentary group for the recent scandal involving members of the men's national team. Four players received a one-year suspension after they were found to have purchased the services of a sex worker in Jakarta during ...
JBIC delivers blunt critique of Japan men's basketball issues, demands talks with JBA
Observing the dismal results of their men's national team in the ongoing FIBA World Cup qualifiers, former Olympic basketball players and coaches are deepening their worries. The Japan Basketball Improvement Conference, which consists of former Olympic players and coaches and ex-Japan Basketball Association officials, insists ...
Argentine Lamas hired as new Japan men's national team basketball coach
Julio Lamas has assumed the head coaching position for the Japan men's national squad, the Japan Basketball Association officially announced on Thursday. Lamas guided the Argentina men's national team to a bronze- medal finish at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He is currently the head ...
Head of Japan sports alliance says new volleyball arena a must for Tokyo Olympics
The head of the Alliance of Japan Top Leagues (JTL) on Wednesday called for the construction of the Ariake Arena volleyball venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to go ahead as planned. Ariake Arena is among a number of new venues that have come under ...
The International Olympic Committee has awarded former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi and 1964 Tokyo Olympic women's team gymnastics bronze medalist Kiyoko Ono the Olympic Order, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced Thursday. The Olympic Order, awarded for outstanding service to the Olympic movement, was ...
Alvark rout Golden Kings, complete two-game series sweep
The Alvark Tokyo jumped out to a big lead in the first quarter and held on for a 74-53 victory over the Ryukyu Golden Kings on Friday night in the B. League. Tokyo improved to 2-0, winning for the second time in as many days ...
B. League chairman heralds new era
This last decade has marked the darkest period in Japan basketball history, with the sport divided between two rival men's leagues. What's more, the Japan Basketball Association was suspended by FIBA, the sport's world governing body, for its lack of governance, between December 2014 and ...
Basketball veteran Orimo skeptical of B. League's benefit to national team
Just like other players, Levanga Hokkaido veteran guard/forward Takehiko Orimo is delighted about the inauguration of the B. League, the new men's top professional basketball league in Japan. But he isn't getting too excited because he thinks that serious issues surrounding Japanese basketball still remain. One ...
The International Olympic Committee is to award former Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi and 1964 Tokyo Olympic women's team gymnastics bronze medalist Kiyoko Ono the Olympic Order for their outstanding service to the Olympic movement, Kyodo News learned Monday. A ceremony for the 79-year-old ...
Higashino hopes to bring change to Japanese basketball
As a basketball coach, Tomoya Higashino was sometimes referred to by the nickname "Crusher" because of his dismantling of conventional thinking. Now he's expected to break Japan's traditional basketball status quo and spark a complete change. The Japan Basketball Association announced on Thursday that Higashino has ...
Jets lead way in push to attract fans ahead of B. League launch
Five thousand will be the key number for the Japanese basketball scene when the new B. League tips off this fall. Japan Basketball Association president Saburo Kawabuchi, during his time as co-chairman of the Japan 2024 Task Force, set the figure as the minimum capacity ...
