Japan was host to the 2006 FIBA World Championship which was played in the host cities of Hamamatsu, Hiroshima, Saitama, Sapporo and Sendai and on 9 December 2017, Japan was announced as co-host the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup with Philippines and Indonesia some matches will be in host city of Okinawa City. The prime basketball league in the country is the B.League. In 2010 the Japan Basketball Association recognized Takehiko Inoue, the creator of "Slam Dunk", for the series' role in popularizing the sport in Japan as part of its 80th anniversary celebrations.
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