Tabuse rejoins ABA team Long Beach Jam

Tabuse rejoins ABA team Long Beach Jam

LONG BEACH, United States - Yuta Tabuse (R), who was recently waived by the Phoenix Suns after becoming the first Japanese NBA player, talks with Long Beach Jam head coach Nate ''Tiny'' Archibold after signing a deal with the American Basketball Association (ABA) team on Dec. 27.

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking.

Tabuse rejoins ABA team Long Beach Jam

Tabuse rejoins ABA team Long Beach Jam

LONG BEACH, United States - Yuta Tabuse (R), who was recently waived by the Phoenix Suns after becoming the first Japanese NBA player, talks with Long Beach Jam head coach Nate ''Tiny'' Archibold after signing a deal with the American Basketball Association (ABA) team on Dec. 27. (Kyodo)

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

Ex-Lockheed exec Kotchian dies at 94

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former Lockheed executive Archibold Kotchian (in file photo taken in July 1972) died Dec. 14, a person from an apartment facility for elderly people in Palo Alto, California, where he lived, said Dec. 20. He was 94. He is known in Japan for his congressional testimony in February 1976 that his company had given money to foreign officials to sell Lockheed airplanes, which later led to the indictments of more than a dozen people in Japan, including former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on charges of bribe-taking. (Kyodo)