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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
Dec 21, 2006
Shimizu earns bj-league award
Saitama Broncos guard Taishiro Shimizu is the Circle K Sunkus Player of the Week, the bj-league announced Tuesday.
BASKETBALL
Dec 18, 2006
Broncos top 89ers in double OT
The host Saitama Broncos outlasted the Sendai 89ers 97-90 in double overtime Sunday in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture. Marcus Toney-El scored 23 points and Gordon James scored 22 for the Broncos, while Michael Chappell had 27 for the 89ers.
BASKETBALL
Dec 17, 2006
89ers keep it simple in Broncos victory
KASUKABE, Saitama Pref. -- The Sendai 89ers started strong and closed out Saturday's 86-74 victory over the Saitama Broncos with a stick-to-the-fundamentals approach.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 15, 2006
Several Japanese standouts emerging in bj-league
Who's the best Japanese player in the bj-league?
BASKETBALL
Dec 10, 2006
Osaka defeats Tokyo - again
The host Osaka Evessa defeated the Tokyo Apache 74-68 in Saturday's bj-league action, their third victory in as many games against Joe Bryant's squad this season.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 9, 2006
Apache's Humphrey flying high in second season in Tokyo
John Humphrey possesses the bj-league's best nickname.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 8, 2006
Albirex looking good, but season is still young
The 2006-07 bj-league season has reached the end of its metaphorical first quarter. And with each of the league's eight teams having played 10 of their 40 games, some patterns have developed.
BASKETBALL
Dec 3, 2006
HeatDevils scorch Apache at Ariake
The Oita HeatDevils delivered a big-time payback on Saturday night at Ariake Colosseum, leading from start to finish in a 107-79 victory over the Tokyo Apache.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Dec 3, 2006
Marshall calls upon wisdom of legendary coach Knight
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Mikey Marshall of the Oita HeatDevils is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Dec 1, 2006
Humphrey, Davis win monthly honors
Each month during the 2006-07 season, The Japan Times will select bj-league Offensive and Defensive Players of the Month.
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2006
bj-league's 10th team to play in Fukuoka
Japan's first professional basketball league keeps growing. Next season, 10 bj-league teams will compete. The league's 10th franchise, the Fukuoka BB Boys, was revealed on Thursday. Earlier this fall, the league announced a to-be-named team will also begin play in 2007 in Okinawa.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 1, 2006
Apache on fire after slow start
For a coach with a pen, a pad and a plan, this is never part of the winning formula: Open the season with three straight losses.
BASKETBALL
Nov 27, 2006
Apache win heart attack against Toyama behind 38-point 'Helicopter' ride
John "Helicopter" Humphrey craves the spotlight.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 25, 2006
Tough defense key to success of Albirex
The Niigata Albirex reached the inaugural bj-league title game last season and lost the historic contest to the Osaka Evessa.
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Nov 25, 2006
Terashita: Jordan my idol
Beginning this week The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in Japan's bj-league -- the nation's first pro basketball circuit -- which has started its second season. Daiki Terashita of the Niigata Albirex BB is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL
Nov 19, 2006
'Helicopter' lifts Tokyo past Oita
In Saturday's bj-league action, the visiting Tokyo Apache defeated the Oita HeatDevils 75-68.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 18, 2006
Three teams share early bj-league lead
The third week of the bj-league season tips off this weekend. It started with Friday night's Osaka Evessa-Takamatsu Five Arrows contest in Takamatsu.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 10, 2006
Hats off to expansion Grouses for road win in first game ever
Talk about a great start.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 6, 2006
MLB All-Stars power past Japanese
It started as a pitchers' duel. It ended as a hitters' showcase.
BASKETBALL
Nov 5, 2006
Tabuse selected in NBDL Draft
Guard Yuta Tabuse was a third-round selection (35th overall) of the Bakersfield Jam in the NBA Developmental League's Draft on Thursday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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