Japanese basketball players suspended 1 year for buying sex at Asian Games

The Japan Basketball Association announced Wednesday that four former national team players have been suspended from official competition for one year for buying sex in Jakarta during the ongoing Asian Games.Along with the suspensions, JBA president Yuko Mitsuya, 60, will receive a 10 percent pay cut for three months. The association handed down the punishments following an extraordinary council where the players gave their explanations for the incident.The B-League players -- Yuya Nagayoshi, 27, Takuya Hashimoto, 23, Takuma Sato, 23, and Keita Imamura, 22 -- were introduced to women on the…READ FULL ARTICLE