Toshimitsu Kawachi, the commissioner of Japan's first ever professional basketball league, is a true believer.

Like anyone embarking upon a new business endeavor, he chooses to accentuate the positives. This is important, because he is trying to go where no one has before.

News photoToshimitsu Kawachi, commissioner of the bj-league, speaks at a recent meeting of the Foreign Sportswriters Association of Japan in Tokyo.