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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 19, 2009

A plea to address pro basketball's future in Japan

Dear Prime Minister Aso,
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 15, 2009

JBA's archaic ways suffocating basketball's development in Japan

The status quo's got to go.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 4, 2007

New Broncos coach Benoit is eager to guide basketball team to successful season

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — A big smile flashes across David Benoit's face as he takes a break from running the Saitama Broncos' evening practice.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 9, 2020

Broncos owner Jun Ikeda has ambitious plans for basketball franchise

Ikeda is thrilled about his new challenge with the Broncos, perhaps more than ever before, because as owner he has the freedom to do things his way.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 3, 2020

NCAA leaders weighing options for March Madness due to COVID-19 concerns

The NCAA is examining all options for the upcoming 68-team men's basketball tournament, including the possibility of holding games without fans, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 25, 2019

Ryuji Aoki set to launch pro career with Shinshu Brave Warriors

Ryuji Aoki will begin his pro basketball career with the Shinshu Brave Warriors.
LeBron James last represented Team USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he won his second gold medal.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 12, 2023

Reports: LeBron James and Steph Curry among NBA stars eyeing Paris Games

The Lakers veteran led the U.S. to Olympic gold in 2008 at Beijing and 2012 at London but has not played since.
Victor Wembanyama is expected to make his regular-season debut for San Antonio on Oct. 25.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 19, 2023

Victor Wembanyama targeting Spurs playoff berth in first season

San Antonio last played in the postseason in the 2018-19 campaign.
Victor Wembanyama's combination of size and skill has led many to label the Spurs rookie as once-in-a-generation talent.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 23, 2023

Victor Wembanyama set to take center stage when NBA season tips off

Wembanyama will be attempting to lead San Antonio back to the playoffs for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign.
Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic is seen before a game against the Jazz on Nov. 25, 2022. Milojevic died from a heart attack on Wednesday morning.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 18, 2024

Warriors assistant Dejan Milojevic dies at 46 after heart attack

"We are absolutely devastated by Dejan's sudden passing," Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.
Lakers forward LeBron James celebrates after a dunk against the Pistons on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 18, 2024

All-Stars say NBA future in good hands once LeBron is gone

James has been the top star in an older generation of talent that also includes Golden State's Stephen Curry and Phoenix's Kevin Durant.
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic had a season-high 73 points in a single game. Scoring has risen across the NBA, but the league's commissioner, Adam Silver, says he isn't concerned.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 18, 2024

NBA season's scoring surge doesn't worry Adam Silver

Speaking Saturday to reporters on the eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Silver said scoring was only about one point per game higher than last season.
Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her round-of-32 match against Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova in Doha on Feb. 13.
TENNIS
Feb 20, 2024

Gauff keen for tennis to follow basketball in male vs. female duels

The American said she would love to see Serena Williams and Nick Kyrgios go toe-to-toe in a serve targets contest.
Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark celebrates with her teammates after breaking the NCAA's all-time scoring mark in Iowa City, Iowa, on Feb. 15.
BASKETBALL
Mar 1, 2024

Record-setting Iowa star Caitlin Clark to enter WNBA draft

Clark is the all-time NCAA women's college basketball scoring leader.
Lakers forward LeBron James acknowledges the crowd after scoring his 40,000th career point, during a game against the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 3, 2024

LeBron James becomes first player to score 40,000 points

The four-time NBA champion, known as "King James," became the league's scoring king just over a year ago when he passed Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Iowa guard Caitlin Clark is widely expected to be the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 15, 2024

Caitlin Clark leads way as top star in intriguing WNBA Draft

The Indiana Fever will — barring an unfathomable change of direction — select Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft.
Caitlin Clark speaks during a news conference after being drafted by the Fever with the top pick in the WNBA draft in New York on April 15.
BASKETBALL
Apr 29, 2024

Caitlin Clark pleased after first WNBA practice with Fever

Fever guard Caitlin Clark said she was pleased after her first WNBA training camp practice on Sunday.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark will begin her WNBA career when the season tips off on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL
May 13, 2024

Caitlin Clark prepares for debut as WNBA heads into new era

Clark will make her WNBA debut when the season opens this week.
The Celtics' Jayson Tatum drives the ball against the Cavaliers' Evan Mobley during the third quarter in Game 5 of their playoff series in Boston on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL
May 16, 2024

Celtics finish off Cavs; Mavericks push Thunder to brink

The top-seeded Boston Celtics overpowered the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 to reach their third straight Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday.
Yuta Watanabe played in 34 NBA games this season, including five for the Grizzlies.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 12, 2024

Jets signs former NBA player Yuta Watanabe for upcoming season

The 29-year-old forward and the team have a "basic agreement" on a contract for the 2024-25 season.
Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dunks during Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Finals in Dallas on June 12.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 25, 2024

NBA signs broadcasting deal with Disney, Amazon and Comcast worth $77 billion

The NBA rejected a last-minute offer from TNT, which it said fell short of Amazon's proposal, ending a four-decade relationship with the media company after next season.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark tries to dribble past the Sun's Veronica Burton during Game 2 of their playoff series in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 26, 2024

Fever star Caitlin Clark confident best yet to come following playoff exit

The 22-year-old broke the single-season assists record (337), smashed the rookie scoring record with 769 points.
LeBron James speaks during Lakers media day in El Segundo, California, on Monday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 3, 2024

LeBron James enters 22nd NBA season with nothing to prove

This season, James will realize his dream of playing with his 19-year-old son Bronny, who the Lakers selected with the 55th pick of this year's NBA draft.
Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrates with the trophy after he and his teammates won the NBA Cup final over the Thunder on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 18, 2024

Giannis Antetokounmpo stars as Bucks beat Thunder to win NBA Cup

Antetokounmpo, a two-time NBA MVP, delivered a triple-double of 26 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists along with two steals and three blocked shots for the Bucks.
Fans gather in front of a mural of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna in Los Angeles in January 2021.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 27, 2025

Sports world remembers Kobe Bryant on fifth anniversary of death

The sports world remembered Kobe and Gianna Bryant on Sunday.
The mural that artist Jonas Never painted during Kobe Bryant's last NBA season is seen on Jan. 19.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 27, 2025

Kobe Bryant still reigns over Los Angeles on hundreds of murals

Artists behind some of the murals say that they illustrate how Bryant captivated everyday people.
Slovenian basketball player Luka Doncic (center) holds up a jersey as he stands alongside Lakers head coach JJ Redick (right) and general manager Rob Pelinka during a press conference introducing Doncic as the newest member of the Lakers at the UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo, California on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 5, 2025

Doncic hungry for titles after shock Lakers trade

Doncic said the prospect of playing alongside LeBron James for arguably the NBA's most iconic franchise represented a "dream come true."
Stephen Curry holds the MVP trophy after the NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Feb 17, 2025

Team Shaq claims victory in NBA’s new All-Star Game format

Curry was named MVP of the All-Star Game, the second time he has received the accolade after winning the honor in 2022.
Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (right) is expected to miss the rest of the NBA season, the team announced on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Feb 21, 2025

Victor Wembanyama expected to miss remainder of regular season with blood clot

The announcement brings a premature end to another outstanding campaign by Wembanyama.
Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi in action against the Indiana Fever at Footprint Center on June 30, 2024
BASKETBALL
Feb 26, 2025

Mercury and Team USA icon Diana Taurasi retires after 20 seasons

Taurasi is a three-time WNBA champion, two-time Finals MVP and the league's all-time leading scorer.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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