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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Kanazawa Samuraiz are a solid team in the final year of the bj-league's 11-season existence. They also happen to be a brand new team. Their 26-20 record through Sunday has been impressive, especially considering the fact that the entire landscape of Japanese basketball is ...
Yuko Mitsuya is set to succeed Saburo Kawabuchi as chairman of the Japan Basketball Association, sources said Friday. Mitsuya, 57, is currently second-in-command to the 79-year-old Kawabuchi, who hinted last May that he would step down after one year on the job. Mitsuya won a bronze ...
The B. League officially revealed on Thursday that Softbank Group Corp. has become the circuit's top partner, starting with the inaugural 2016-17 season. Japan Basketball Association president Saburo Kawabuchi emphasized that the sport has enormous potential both globally and domestically and the participation of Softbank, ...
