The Japan men face 2023 Basketball World Cup champ Germany in its first group phase match in France, and the Japan women open against the United...
Returning to the B.League before the 2023-24 season as a veteran leader for the Nagasaki Velca has helped Yudai Baba become a go-to scorer for Akatsuki...
The win in the opening round of FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers was Japan's first over China in a major men's basketball competition since the 1936 Berlin...
Mai Yamamoto and Evelyn Mawuli sparked Japan with 21 points apiece in a narrow victory over Canada in Hungary to punch a ticket to the Paris...
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...
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.
Yuki Kawamura and Keisei Tominaga are only 22 years old, but the talented guards appear ready to be cornerstones of the Akatsuki Japan roster for years...
Josh Hawkinson notched his first Basketball World Cup double-double and 22-year-old guards Yuki Kawamura and Keisei Tominaga combined for 42 points.
Japan is one of four Group E squads in the FIBA Basketball World Cup, and coach Tom Hovasse's team will play Germany, Finland and Australia in...
Josh Hawkinson scores 22 points and Yutaro Suda pours in 20 to lead Japan past Bahrain in the teams’ final FIBA World Cup Asian qualifier.
