As the FIBA World Championship tips off Saturday, Toshimitsu Kawachi, the commissioner of the bj-league, Japan's first professional basketball league, shared his thoughts on the tournament, including the Japan national team, the American team and other topics in a wide-ranging interview at his Ginza office, with The Japan Times.
Toshimitsu Kawachi, commissioner of the bj-league, gives his views in Ginza
recently on the FIBA World Championship. The tournament starts
in Japan on Saturday.
YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTOKawachi, a former Japan national team player and head coach, led Japan to a second-place finish in the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka. Nowadays, he also serves as an NBA commentator for NHK.