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Pride is what’s at stake in the EASL Champions Week in Japan on March 1-5 as powerhouse teams from the host country, Korea, Taipei, Greater China and the Philippines gather to decide bragging rights with the bonus of a $250,000 first prize.

SENDAI, Japan, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Qi and Guo Ailun each scored 24 points to give China a 79-63 victory over Japan in their first Group B match of FIBA Wor

FIBA.basketball B.LEAGUE Finals to be shown live on FIBA social media channels YOKOHAMA (Japan) - The B.LEAGUE will be crowning a new champion this season with the Chiba Jets set to face B.LEAGUE Finals to be shown live on FIBA social media channels in the B.LEAGUE Finals 2020-21 this weekend and will be shown live on various FIBA social media channels. The final showdown will be shown live on FIBA’s Facebook page, Weibo page, and Youtube channel. In addition, the Finals will be streamed on t...

May 24, 2021 Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture – The Utsunomiya Brex made sure to remind everyone that they are the best team in the league this season with a sweep of the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the B. League playoff semifinals this past weekend. Even though the Brex posted the B1’s top winning percentage (.817) after going 49-11, they entered the best-of-three home series as the challengers in a sense. The Brex were just 1-3 versus the Brave Thunders during the regular season and...

Apr 23, 2021 Rakuten Group Inc. is emerging as the first real digital contender to Japan’s traditional lenders, using its Amazon.com like e-commerce dominance to steer users to its online bank. New digital bank accounts with the internet conglomerate better known for its online shopping services expanded by 20% last year and recently topped 10 million, the most among the country’s online lenders. Deposits grew by about 50% over the same period to more than ¥5 trillion, putting it ...

Feb 13, 2021 The 12 nations scheduled to participate in the final window of Asia Cup qualifying in Doha have been notified by FIBA that the window has been canceled due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Qatar, the Japan Basketball Association announced Friday night. In late January, the pandemic caused the qualifying window to be shifted from Tokyo to Doha, where the teams, split into three groups of four, would have competed in a bubble. Japan is in Group B — which was scheduled to pla...