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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
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 20, 2018
Brave Thunders pounce on Brex; Orange Vikings' Chehales Tapscott drops 50 on Wat's
Naoto Tsuji had the hot hand early.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 19, 2018
Readers weigh in on top underrated players
It's often easy to identify the superstars in sports.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 15, 2018
Alvark hold on to beat Diamond Dolphins
For the second time in less than 24 hours, the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins faced a 17-point deficit entering the fourth quarter on Sunday against the host Alvark Tokyo.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 14, 2018
Inside strength carries Brave Thunders past NeoPhoenix
The Kawasaki Brave Thunders dominated inside during Sunday's series opener against the San-en NeoPhoenix.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 13, 2018
Yuta Watanabe reflects on successful hoop career at George Washington
Gratitude best sums up the closing chapter of Yuta Watanabe's college basketball career.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 12, 2018
Rookie guard Tatsuya Ito's solid game helps Kyoto make playoffs
Tatsuya Ito is enjoying a solid rookie season for the Kyoto Hannaryz.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 8, 2018
Veteran J.R. Sakuragi sets tone for Mikawa in victory over Chiba
Longtime SeaHorses Mikawa bench boss Kimikazu Suzuki commands respect from his players.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 7, 2018
Robert Dozier drains game-winning 3-pointer in final minute as NeoPhoenx end six-game slide
Robert Dozier put an exclamation point on his banner performance on Saturday night, making a go-ahead 3-pointer with 54 seconds remaining.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 5, 2018
Ryumo Ono playing pivotal role in Chiba's success this season
Ryumo Ono doesn't receive the same recognition as talented teammates Yuki Togashi, Michael Parker and Gavin Edwards. But the veteran forward is an integral part of the Chiba Jets Funabashi's success, including back-to-back Emperor's Cup titles, since the league's inception.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 1, 2018
Evessa too hot for Albirex to handle
The Osaka Evessa offense fired on all cylinders on Sunday against the Niigata Albirex BB.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 31, 2018
Shimane snaps 21-game losing streak
The streak is over.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 30, 2018
Alvark flourish on offense in series-opening win over Brave Thunders
The Alvark Tokyo outplayed the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in Friday's series opener, and it all started with an impressive offensive performance.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 29, 2018
B. League in need of draft shake-up
Every new sports league encounters challenges related to its competitive structure.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 27, 2018
ESPN playing it for laughs with list
It's beyond comprehension how ESPN The Magazine could omit Michael Phelps from its new list dubbed the "Dominant 20" athletes of the past 20 years.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 25, 2018
Brave Thunders pull away late to sink Brex
The final quarter, especially the final four-plus minutes, produced the defining story line of Sunday's Tochigi Brex-Kawasaki Brave Thunders series finale.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 24, 2018
Nagoya's Takaya Sasayama makes huge difference on defense in triumph over Osaka
Takaya Sasayama's fast hands and quick feet produced big results on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 22, 2018
NeoPhoenix star Robert Dozier provides leadership, confidence for club
With power forward Robert Dozier in the lineup, the San-en NeoPhoenix are a more complete team. A more balanced team. A more dangerous team.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 18, 2018
SeaHorses beat Sunrockers for 12th straight win
The SeaHorses Mikawa opened the season with a road loss to the defending champion Tochigi Brex in late September.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 17, 2018
Brex make pivotal plays in closing seconds to beat Jets
The defending champion Tochigi Brex didn't have the same swagger and chemistry when the season began.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 16, 2018
Brave Thunders run past Lakestars
The Kawasaki Brave Thunders had more points through three quarters than the visiting Shiga Lakestars accumulated in Friday's game.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.

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