Japan may have been bounced from the Basketball World Cup but not before one of its shortest players helped the national team ...

While China and the Philippines are regional basketball hotbeds, Asian University Basketball League stakeholders are working to gain traction in Japan.

Japan has emerged as a noteworthy storyline in international basketball, having qualified for the Olympics and igniting excitement about its prospects for future competitions. With the inclusion of ...

Japans NBA Stars Hachimura, Kawamura Absent for South Korea Clash Roster Includes Hawkins, Baba, Watanabe Ahead of July 6 ...

(Updates with JBA apology) * FIBA says suspension for good of Japanese basketball * JBA to work on getting ban lifted Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Japanese Basketball Association apologised on Thursday ...

Japans B.League 14 players named to FIBA qualifiers 14 B.League players from 11 countries named to FIBA qualifiers ...

(Adds comments from league representatives, background) By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Japan has until the end of October to resolve a dispute between its two competing basketball ...

LILLE, France, July 30 (Reuters) - France prevailed 94-90 against Japan in their men's Group B Olympics basketball clash after their opponents held true to their team motto to "shock the world" by ...

Japan has now lost all three of its games in the opening stages of the Olympics. They fell to Brazil 102-84 on Friday. This was Brazil's first win of the tournament. Neither team is likely to make it ...

The NBA-sanctioned story brand and its Japanese creative collective are building a parallel universe where swords gave way to basketballs.