Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse, but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements ...

Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements ...

Once a minnow on the world stage, Japan qualified for last year’s Paris Olympics and took eventual ... year brought back national team star Yuta Watanabe after six seasons in the NBA.

“I played against Yuta! He is so experienced and I ... but both have gone separate ways after the recent Paris Olympic Games. Watanabe has been partnered with the 19-year-old Taguchi, who ...