Following a rocky start to his B-League career with the Chiba Jets, national team star Yuta Watanabe is determined to get on ...

National Basketball Association player Yuta Watanabe announced April 20 he will return to Japan next year to play in the professional B. League. Watanabe, 29, played for the Memphis Grizzlies ...

Japan forward Yuta Watanabe voiced hope he might calm the ... "I'm looking to communicate with Tom, Rui and also the Japan Basketball Association in order to make the national team better ...

Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe slam-dunked through the glass ceiling for Japanese basketball players to make it to the NBA. Now, they have inspired a succession of young Japanese hoopsters to ...