Tom Hovasse's journey: Boosting Japan's hopes at FIBA World Cup 2023 After coaching the Japanese women to silver at Tokyo 2020 in 2021, the country's first-ever basketball medal, the American is plotting another masterstroke with the men. Read the exclusive interview with "Tom-san." Call it a watershed moment for Japanese men’s basketball. At the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England, Eddie Jones’ Jap..