Despite dealing with fatigue from a lack of game practice and early shooting woes, a “fantastic” Yuta Watanabe needs to continue to play as he did in Japan’s opening loss… Read More

Rui Hachimura Parents: There is no denying that the NBA has provided numerous reasons to have a huge fan following. And when talking about the game, we cannot miss the Los Angeles Lakers pla… Read More

South Sudan and Japan both qualified for the Paris Olympics at the Basketball World Cup on Saturday as the tournament’s highest-placed finishers from Africa and Asia. World Cup debut… Read More

By Eurohoops Team/ [email protected] Leading from start to finish, largely by a margin over 20 points, Germany settled with the 81-63 victory against Japan in Okinaw… Read More

The Japan Basketball Association on Monday named 12 players, led by Phoenix Suns guard-forward Yuta Watanabe, for upcoming games in the run-up to the FIBA World Cup. Those 12, also includi… Read More

Yuta Watanabe of the Phoenix Suns gives an interview at the Japanese men’s national basketball team camp in Tokyo on July 30, 2023. (Kyodo) Phoenix Suns swingman Yuta Watanabe trai… Read More

Japan came into World Cup qualification already locking up a spot, considering they’ll be co-hosts of the games. Yuta Watanabe and Rui Hachimura will be the main scoring options for… Read More

Olympic Paris, Japanese basketball player Rui Hachimura. Who represented his country in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has decided not to participate in the upcoming FIBA World Cup. The tournament… Read More

Free-agent-to-be forward Rui Hachimura has decided not to play at this summer’s FIBA World Cup, the Japan Basketball Association announced on Tuesday (27 June). “I have decided… Read More

Japan cruised past Bahrain 95-72 on Sunday in its final match of Asian qualifying for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Joshua Hawkinson led with 22 points while Yutaro Suda added 20 for… Read More

Japan lost 79-68 to Iran in the second round of basketball’s Asian World Cup qualifying Thursday in Tehran, the already-qualified co-host of next year’s tournament falling to i… Read More

SAITAMA, Japan >> Sue Bird capped off her unblemished 17-year Olympics run with a record fifth gold medal. All she and longtime U.S. teammate Diana Taurasi have done on the internation… Read More