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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.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2008
Tomita revels in veteran status ahead of second Olympics
Editor's note: As the countdown to the Summer Olympics draws closer, The Japan Times will provide more coverage of Japan's top medal hopefuls, as well as expanded coverage of international Olympians in the print and online editions.
BASKETBALL
Jul 18, 2008
Tabuse's summer with Nets ends
Yuta Tabuse's summer audition with the New Jersey Nets was, well, a short one.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 13, 2008
Focused Tamesue follows his own path in search of Olympic glory
I have a confession to make, and it won't send an electric shock through your nervous system, nor will it instantly give you a Don King hairdo.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 12, 2008
Team Japan gathers steam after sticky start to World Grand Prix
Having already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, the Japan women's volleyball team viewed this week's FIVB World Grand Prix as a final tuneup for the competition in Beijing.
BASKETBALL
Jul 11, 2008
Aoki OKs new deal
As expected, Motofumi Aoki will be back on the bench for the Takamatsu Five Arrows for the 2008-09 season, the bj-league announced on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 11, 2008
Ikeda, Kikuchi named to Canada's Olympic men's gymnastics squad
Veteran Japanese-Canadian gymnasts Ken Ikeda and David Kikuchi will represent Canada for the second time in the Summer Olympics, The Associated Press reported on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 10, 2008
Ishimatsu nabs trip to Beijing
Fifteen-year-old Haley Ishimatsu has clinched a spot on her first U.S. Olympic diving team.
BASKETBALL
Jul 9, 2008
Tabuse makes debut with Nets
Yuta Tabuse made a low-key return on Monday to the NBA — albeit, the summer version of the world's top basketball league.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 6, 2008
Noguchi strives to be 1st female to win Olympic marathon twice
Mizuki Noguchi is chasing history.
OLYMPICS
Jul 4, 2008
Clay looking good for decathlon gold
Decathletes are a special group of athletes.
BASKETBALL
Jul 2, 2008
Six groups officially apply to join bj-league
The bj-league received 10 offers from groups interested in being part of the league's next wave of expansion, beginning on Nov. 1, 2007, and ending on Monday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 30, 2008
Kobayashi claims 5,000-meters win
KAWASAKI — Yuriko Kobayashi zoomed to the finish line for a victory in the meet-concluding women's 5,000-meter race on Sunday in the Japan Athletics National Championships.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 29, 2008
Japanese-American coach Walters aims to restore USF to glory
Let's take a trip down memory lane.
BASKETBALL
Jun 28, 2008
Feeley feeling it
Summer is a good time to get a tan, enjoy barbecues with friends and sip tasty cold beverages.
OLYMPICS
Jun 28, 2008
Diver Ishimatsu has good shot at U.S. team for Beijing
For Olympic fans, there's a new Japanese-American athlete to keep an eye on. And she has the potential to be a household name for years to come.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jun 22, 2008
Aoshima provides enthusiastic analysis for Japan's hoops fans
The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which wrapped up its third season in May.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 15, 2008
Swim fed made right call on suits
It's been a strange year in the pool. The swimsuit has created more headlines than the swimmer.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 6, 2008
Noguchi should carry flag for Japan at Beijing Games
Koji Murofushi is a gifted athlete. The reigning Olympic champion in the men's hammer throw, he's achieved widespread notoriety in Japan just like his father, Shigenobu, the longtime national record-holder in the discipline, before him.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 6, 2008
Golden Kings picked Oketani as new coach to improve on defense
Ryukyu Golden Kings general manager Tatsuro Kimura made a difficult decision at the conclusion of Year One, firing head coach Hernando Planells and initiating a rebuilding process when the foundation for the future was still being established.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 30, 2008
Coach likes Oga's effort, fortitude
Yuko Oga has played a grand total of 19 minutes in her first three WNBA games.
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.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.

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