TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rakuten Group, Inc. and the All Japan University Basketball Federation (JUBF) today announced they will be holding Sun Chlorella’s World University Basketball Series 2023 (WUBS ...

As Japan’s men’s basketball team attempts to rebound from some losses at the Paris Olympics, one player’s presence on the team has generated some buzz among surprised fans. Josh Hawkinson, a U.S.-born ...

Gonzaga men’s basketball standout and current Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura is the face of a Japanese men’s basketball national team making back-to-back appearances in the Olympic Games for ...

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The Paris Olympics are over early for Japan’s Rui Hachimura. Japan’s basketball federation said in a statement Friday morning that Hachimura will sit out its game ...

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 ...

OKINAWA, JAPAN - AUGUST 31: Yuta Watanabe #12 of Japan celebrates the victory after the FIBA Basketball World Cup Classification 17-32 Group O game between Japan and Venezuela at Okinawa Arena on ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan — U.S. Army Japan’s headquarters recently hosted its own version of March Madness as American and Japanese junior high school players faced off for the first time on this base just ...

The event took place in Tokyo alongside Japanese pro hooper Keisei Tominaga. Allen and Tominaga watched Game 4 of the ongoing championship series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers ...

One Japanese women’s basketball fan tried to troll the US women’s national team over the decision to leave Caitlin Clark off the roster for this year’s Olympics in Paris. The spectator, who was ...

Shohei Ohtani married Mamiko Tanaka in February 2024, and the couple welcomed their first child a year later. Here's ...