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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
Nov 1, 2015
Woodbury, Warren combine to lead Phoenix past HeatDevils
The defending champion Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix rode the one-two punch of Terrance Woodbury and Reggie Warren to a 102-88 victory over the Oita Ehime HeatDevils on Saturday night.
BASKETBALL
Oct 31, 2015
Kanazawa whips Hiroshima, improves to .500
The Kanazawa Samuraiz, a first-year franchise, improved to 5-5 after a second rout on the road in as many days over the expansion Hiroshima Lightning, winning 114-84 on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 29, 2015
Oketani learning from former Chicago Bulls coach Cartwright
The Osaka Evessa made a big hire during the offseason, luring Dai Oketani, the winningest coach in bj-league history, to return to his Kansai roots.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 26, 2015
Sharpshooter Aoki leads Rizing past Bambitious
Old reliable Cohey Aoki remains one of the few constants in an ever-changing Japan basketball landscape.
BASKETBALL
Oct 25, 2015
White leads 89ers to narrow win over Firebonds
Veteran forward Wendell White had 41 points and 10 rebounds as the Sendai 89ers edged the Fukushima Firebonds 97-95 in Saturday's series opener.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 23, 2015
Bulls release former Yokohama guard Simmons
The Chicago Bulls waived former Yokohama B-Corsairs guard Marcus Simmons on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 22, 2015
Vets help get Sendai off to quick start
The Sendai 89ers have relied on the stellar contributions of several players en route to six straight wins to open the new season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2015
Joho dazzles as Grouses thrash Wat's
Since his arrival in Toyama for the start of the 2011-12 season, Masashi Joho, aka the consummate competitor, has been as fiercely determined to win as any player in the bj-league.
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2015
Lightning beat Five Arrows for first-ever bj-league win
After an 0-5 start, the Hiroshima Lightning achieved team history on Saturday, beating the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows 95-79 for the franchise's first victory as a bj-league team.
BASKETBALL
Oct 16, 2015
Lakestars roll past Rizing
The Shiga Lakestars relied on a standout trio to ignite them to a series-opening 77-61 road victory over the Rizing Fukuoka on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 15, 2015
Retooled Shimane makes strong start
After a dreadful start, the Shimane Susanoo Magic became one of the league's most improved teams as the 2014-15 season marched on.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2015
Evessa complete series sweep of Bambitious
The Osaka Evessa improved to .500 with their first series sweep of the young season by beating the Bambitious Nara 83-67 on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2015
89ers heap more misery on Cinq Reves
The Sendai 89ers hammered the visiting Tokyo Cinq Reves on Saturday night, recording a 108-52 victory.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2015
Golden Kings to retire Newton's No. 50
The Ryukyu Golden Kings will honor league legend Jeff Newton during their Nov. 7-8 series against the Rizing Fukuoka at Okinawa City Gymnasium, retiring his No. 50 jersey.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 4, 2015
Nash guides Firebonds to win over B-Corsairs
There are only two games in the books, but Fukushima Firebonds rookie forward Le'Bryan Nash is off to a terrific start. Over the weekend, he delivered two big, bold performances, showing what he's capable of doing during the 52-game season.
BASKETBALL
Oct 4, 2015
Hannaryz deny Samuraiz
The Kanazawa Samuraiz fell short of victory in their regular-season debut in the bj-league, falling 68-64 to the visiting Kyoto Hannaryz on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 3, 2015
Size of B. League will present challenges from the outset
There is no one-size-fits-all formula — no magic pill exists — for the Japan Basketball Association to create a new men's pro hoop circuit that will become an instant success.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 1, 2015
Defending champion Hamamatsu aims for another title in league's final season
The 11th and final bj-league season gets underway on Friday night, signaling an end to several months of massive changes within the league.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Sep 26, 2015
'Munich 72 and Beyond' chronicles aftermath
Forty-three years ago this month, the Munich Massacre shocked the world.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 25, 2015
Togashi a free agent after being cut by Italian team
After parting ways with Italian Serie A club Dinamo Sassari, guard Yuki Togashi is once again a player without a team.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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