11 Seisoen
325 Episode
Japanology Plus - Season 9 Episode 1
In a Japanophiles interview, Peter Barakan meets Tom Hovasse, a basketball coach from the USA. After spending much of his playing career in Japan, Hovasse began coaching Japanese teams. In 2017 he was appointed head coach of the Japan women's national basketball team, and under his leadership they won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Following that success, he was recently appointed to a new role: head coach of the men's team. Hovasse talks about his journey, and his coaching philosophy.
- Jaar: 2024
- Land: Japan
- Genre: Documentary, Talk
- Studio: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Sleutelwoord: japan, way of life, arts and culture, japanese folklore, arts and crafts, japanese history, japanese tradition, japanese culture, change vs tradition, japanese society
- Direkteur:
- Gooi: Peter Barakan, Emma Howard