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Japan’s men’s basketball team builds a dream squad, with a startling 23 staff for 12 players
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Japan’s men’s basketball team builds a dream squad, with a startling 23 staff for 12 players

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Japan will play Qatar on Aug. 31 in the fourth window of the second round of the 2027 FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers.
  • The Japan Basketball Association announced a 12-player roster that includes Yuki Kawamura of the Los Angeles Clippers.
  • The report highlights the team’s unusually large staff, with 23 staff members supporting the players, and raises a comparison with South Korea.

Japan’s men’s basketball team is drawing attention before its World Cup qualifying game against Qatar, not only for its players but also for the size of its support staff.

The Japan Basketball Association announced the squad for the game, scheduled for Aug. 31 at Tokyo’s Toyota Arena. The roster includes guard Yuki Kawamura of the Los Angeles Clippers, along with Takumi Saito of the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins and Takashi Sasaki of the San-en NeoPhoenix.

The striking figure in the announcement is the staffing. Japan has assembled 23 staff members for a 12-player national team. The report presents that ratio as an especially notable feature of Japan’s preparations and asks how it compares with South Korea.

The game forms part of the fourth window in the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2027 FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup. The report focuses on Japan’s effort to build what it calls a dream team, while emphasizing the scale of the operation supporting it.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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