Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league’s direction mean success is anything but a ...

A youth basketball standout with dreams of emulating Los Angeles Lakers power forward Rui Hachimura has emerged as an intriguing prospect for the Japanese men's national basketball program. Already ...

Rui Hachimura is matched up against one of the most dangerous perimeter players — if not the most dangerous — in the entire league in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Deep in his defensive stance ...

Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league's direction mean success is anything but a slam ...

Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league’s direction mean success is anything but a ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A youth basketball standout with dreams of emulating Los Angeles Lakers power forward Rui Hachimura has emerged ... frontcourt player Adam Elmasri is being developed ...