The new Asian University Basketball League hopes to bring together the top colleges across Japan, China and Korea and beyond -- and also to produce the NBA's next Asian superstar.

Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league’s direction mean success is anything but a slam ...

Japan performed respectably at the Olympics but the mood soured three months later when Hachimura threatened to quit the team after a scathing attack on Japanese basketball chiefs. The 27-year-old, by ...

Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura is hosting a three-day basketball camp for high school students in Japan this summer ...

FUNABASHI – Japan have ambitious plans to become basketball powerhouses, but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league’s direction mean success is ...

Funabashi (Japan) (AFP) – Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league's direction mean ...