Japan may have been bounced from the Basketball World Cup but not before one of its shortest players helped the national team overcome a naggingly high hurdle on the international stage.

The Dragonflies, the 2023-24 Japan B.League champions, topped Group A and will face Group B second seed New Taipei Kings of ...

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 ...

Latest on Lakers forward's injury (August 2) Why is Rui Hachimura not playing in Olympics basketball game vs Brazil? Latest on Lakers forward's injury (August 2) Japan's national basketball team ...

Japan men's basketball team head coach Tom Hovasse speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan men's basketball team head coach Tom Hovasse said Wednesday that he ...

Samwel, 12, is a 6th-grader living in Saitama Prefecture who dreams of playing basketball in the NBA. He says he wants to be an ambassador of sorts for Japan, the country in which he was born and ...

Led by Saeid Armaghani, the Iranian players are scheduled to meet Japan on 23 Feb. and China on 26 Feb. Two days prior to the Iran-Japan match, the tickets have been sold out. The match will be held ...