Japan’s national basketball team capitalized on its speed, stamina and strength in three-point shoots to gain a berth in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Japan defeated Cape Verde 80-71 at the ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Basketball Association said Friday that Tom Hovasse will stay as head coach of the men's national team. Hovasse became the men's head coach in the fall of 2021 after he ...
Who could’ve guessed that a young boy hailing from Toyama, Japan, whose first love was baseball, would inevitably take his country’s team to the world stage for basketball? After his formative ...
Get to know his wife, Mamiko Tanaka. Mamiko is a former professional Japanese basketball player. She was born on December 11, 1996, in Tokyo, Japan, and started playing the sport when she was in ...