Veteran forward Yuta Watanabe, who began his NBA career with the Grizzlies in 2018, returns to Memphis in a trade involving the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn...
Hachimura and Watanabe have missed a combined 29 NBA games in the first half of the 2023-24 season for the Lakers and Suns, respectively.
Recapping the excitement from A to Z during 20 Basketball World Cup games in 10 days at Okinawa Arena, here is a fun rundown on the...
With Basketball World Cup victories over Finland, Venezuela and Cape Verde, Japan elevated its profile as a much-improved team on the global stage.
Though he considered retiring from the national team if Japan didn't qualify for the Paris Olympics, Yuta Watanabe is eager to keep making an impact.
In the Basketball World Cup win, Josh Hawkinson had 29 points, Keisei Tominaga added 22 and Japan qualified for the Olympic tourney for the first since...
Like Haruka Kitaguchi's gold in javelin at the World Athletics Championships, the world of sports teaches us that there is no such thing as the impossible.
Venezuela led 68-53 early in the fourth quarter of the Basketball World Cup game, but Makoto Hiejima scored 17 points in the final period to ignite...
Japan faced a 22-point deficit entering the second half of the Basketball World Cup contest. With the win, Australia advanced to the second round.
Hustling, converting numerous scoring chances and playing aggressively, Yudai Baba energized Japan despite its loss to Germany at the Basketball World Cup.
Japan missed 15 of 18 3-point shots in the first half of its Basketball World Cup opener and trailed by 22 points entering the second half...
Only three players return from Japan's 2019 Basketball World Cup roster, plus impressions of Golden Boot winner Hinata Miyazawa and hurdler Shunsuke Izumiya.
