Basketball federation executives pose ahead of board meeting

Masaaki Okawa (2nd from L), executive director of the Japan Basketball Association, poses with Patrick Baumann (R), secretary general of the International Basketball Federation or FIBA, and other officials ahead of FIBA's executive board meeting in Mies, Switzerland, on June 19, 2015. The board decided at the meeting to allow Japan to participate in Olympic-qualifying events for next year's Rio de Janeiro Games. Japan had been suspended from international competitions due to its split basketball community. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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