Basketball: Mitsuya set to succeed Kawabuchi as JBA head

Basketball: Mitsuya set to succeed Kawabuchi as JBA head

Combined photo shows Saburo Kawabuchi (R), chairman of the Japan Basketball Association, and Yuko Mitsuya, second-in-command of the governing body. Sources close to the matter said on March 11, 2016, that the 57-year-old former member of the Japanese women's volleyball team will succeed the 79-year-old Kawabuchi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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