Japan basketball community leaders strike pose with single league in sight

Saburo Kawabuchi (C), chairman of the Japan Basketball Association, poses after a press conference in Tokyo on July 27, 2015, together with Toshimitsu Kawachi (L), commissioner of the bj-League, and Mikiya Horii, vice chairman of the National Basketball League. The two leagues have agreed to merge in 2016 under Kawabuchi's initiative after the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) barred the domestic basketball community from participation in international competitions last November for being split. The sanction was lifted in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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