This is the fourth straight year that the legendary streetball AND1 Mix Tape team comes to play in Japan. This year, its opponent is the bj-league All-Star team and the league's commissioner, Toshimitsu Kawachi, will be back on the sideline as head coach of the bj-league team.
Toshimitsu Kawachi, the bj-league commissioner, discusses this week's AND1 Mix Tape Tour games in Japan during an interview last week at the league office. Kawachi will coach the bj-league team, making a return to the sideline for the first time since 1998.
YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTOKawachi, who coached the Japan national team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, shared his expectations on the AND1 events this week in Tokyo and Osaka in an exclusive interview with The Japan Times.