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Ed Odeven
Ed Odeven covers primarily basketball for The Japan Times. He reported on a wide range of sports from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Summer Games for this newspaper. A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Odeven is a graduate of Arizona State University. He previously worked for the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff, Ariz., reporting on high school, collegiate, professional and Olympic sports (Flagstaff is a major international Olympic training site due to its high elevation) and writing a weekly column. His articles have appeared in Venezuela Online News, The Gleaner (Jamaica), the Monitor (Uganda), The Moscow Times, Swimming World Magazine and numerous other publications.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 25, 2010
Apache name ex-NFLer Hetherington president
For the second time in their brief history, the Tokyo Apache have appointed a former pro athlete as the team's president.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 19, 2010
White gets nod as bj-league's best
Second in a two-part series
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 18, 2010
Apache pursuing veteran coach Hill
The Tokyo Apache would give the fledgling bj-league a major boost in respectability by bringing in a former NBA head coach for the first time.
BASKETBALL
Jun 16, 2010
Rabedeaux named Brex's new coach
Veteran American coach Jason Rabedeaux, a former assistant at Oklahoma and Washington State, has been hired as the defending JBL champion Link Tochigi Brex's new head coach, the team announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 12, 2010
Okada top Japanese in bj-league
First in a two-part series
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 11, 2010
Pierce, Tennichi still on outside looking in
In the hours after Tuesday's bj-league draft, former Shiga Lakestars coach Bob Pierce spoke to Akita Northern Happinets officials about the expansion team's coaching vacancy, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 9, 2010
Akita signs native son Hasegawa
The bj-league coaching carousel continues.
BASKETBALL
Jun 8, 2010
Broncos name Nash as next head coach
Bob Nash has been named the Saitama Broncos' third head coach in as many seasons, the bj-league team announced on Sunday. He accepted a one-year contract.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 5, 2010
No end to JBA's incompetence
Only the names change, but the story remains the same, someone wiser than I once said.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 4, 2010
Neu takes over reins in Apache front office
Conor Neu, a former Princeton University basketball player, is the Tokyo Apache's new general manager.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 30, 2010
Veteran coach Pierce given a raw deal by Lakestars
The coaching business is predictable in only this way: expect the unexpected.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 28, 2010
Sources say Tennichi set to part with Evessa
It won't take long for the bj-league's offseason coaching carousel to begin.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 25, 2010
Toyama named first coach of Shining Suns
The Miyazaki Shining Suns, one of three bj-league expansion teams for the 2010-11 season, have hired the youngest head coach in league history, it was announced on Monday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 24, 2010
Old hand Oguchi leads by example
Veteran guard Masahiro Oguchi's leadership, defensive tenacity, scoring and passing skills helped the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix make a smooth transition from the JBL to the bj-league last season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 24, 2010
Phoenix confirm superiority with bj-league championship triumph
From start to finish, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix were the bj-league's best team this season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 23, 2010
Evessa move closer to league title
The Osaka Evessa have dethroned the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
BASKETBALL
May 22, 2010
Powerhouse Phoenix favored over Albirex
Everyone expected the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix to reach the Final Four.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 21, 2010
Evessa, Kings set for titanic battle
Before the bj-league unveiled its current two-conference format, the Osaka Evessa were the league's first elite team.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 21, 2010
Time for league to adopt real playoff system
Nobody wants their business referred to as a "Mickey Mouse operation," unless, of course, they happen to work for the Walt Disney Company.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 17, 2010
Larkai leads Phoenix past Apache into Final Four
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Pref. — There was no upset of epic proportions on Sunday at Hamamatsu Arena.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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