Basketball: Japanese teenager moving forward with NBA aspirations

Basketball: Japanese teenager moving forward with NBA aspirations

Sixteen-year-old Japanese Chikara Tanaka, seen as an NBA-ready talent, is interviewed at his training ground at the IMG Academy in Florida where he has been based since this summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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