Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city and a major industrial center, with a population of over 9 million people in the greater Nagoya area.
The Japanese men's national basketball team has competed in several Olympic Games and has produced several NBA players, including Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe.
Japan is a constitutional monarchy, with the Emperor as a symbolic head of state and the Prime Minister as the head of government.