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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
Jan 4, 2014
Warren ignites Fukuoka in triumph over Toyama
Reggie Warren, one of the elite forwards in bj-league history, delivered a gutsy performance in the Rizing Fukuoka's first game of 2014.
BASKETBALL
Jan 3, 2014
Ryukyu hands Saitama 19th consecutive defeat
The Ryukyu Golden Kings outscored the Saitama Broncos by 14 points in the first 10 minutes of Friday afternoon's bj-league game. That set the tone for what followed, and they were never seriously threatened the rest of the way.
BASKETBALL
Jan 2, 2014
Big Bulls open 2014 by dominating Magic
The Iwate Big Bulls ushered in the new year with a thorough throttling of the host Shimane Susanoo Magic, winning 86-71 on Thursday afternoon.
BASKETBALL
Dec 31, 2013
Five Arrows end 2013 on high note
The Takamatsu Five Arrows closed out 2013 with a positive finish: a 63-50 New Year's Eve triumph over the Niigata Albirex BB.
BASKETBALL
Dec 29, 2013
Clinical Toyama takes down Nara
Experience is the best teacher.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 28, 2013
Kyoto's depth playing instrumental role in five-game winning streak
Kyoto Hannaryz coach Honoo Hamaguchi is utilizing a deep bench to wear down opponents and keep his players fresh.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 27, 2013
Four Akita players named All-Star starters; Fukuoka's Aoki picked for eighth time
The Akita Northern Happinets had four players named to the Eastern Conference All-Star squad for the Jan. 26 game in Akita, the bj-league announced on Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 25, 2013
Ryukyu not missing a beat with Okinawan Isa at helm
The Ryukyu Golden Kings' sustained excellence is the gift that keeps on giving for the team's rabid fans.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 22, 2013
Oguchi sparks Phoenix against ex-coach Kawai, Brave Warriors
When the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix captured their first of back-to-back bj-league championships in May 2010, Masahiro Oguchi played a pivotal role in making that happen.
BASKETBALL
Dec 21, 2013
Aomori slams door on Ryukyu's 12-game winning streak
The Aomori Wat's recorded the biggest victory in franchise history on Saturday night, beating the Ryukyu Golden Kings 72-70 and ending the Western Conference powerhouse's 12-game winning streak.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 21, 2013
Major coaching changes defined 2013
Taking a (recent) trip down memory lane. . . .
BASKETBALL
Dec 21, 2013
Chiba Jets snap 20-game skid
The Chiba Jets' 20-game losing streak ended on Saturday with an 81-57 victory over the Tsukuba Robots in the NBL.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 21, 2013
FIBA warns JBA about problems
FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann has advised the Japan Basketball Association to resolve issues that exist inside the nation's basketball circles or face greater problems in the future, according to Japanese media reports.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 18, 2013
Parmer helping Shinshu emerge as force in third season
The Akita Northern Happinets (18-4) have presided atop the Eastern Conference standings for the entire season. The Toyama Grouses have catapulted to championship-caliber status with 16 victories in their first 20 games.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 15, 2013
Blackwell out at struggling Gunma
The Gunma Crane Thunders opened the season with three victories in their first 19 games. Saturday's 93-78 loss to the Shinshu Brave Warriors was the final straw for head coach Ryan Blackwell. It cost him his job, bj-league sources told The Japan Times.
BASKETBALL
Dec 14, 2013
Ryukyu triumphs over Osaka in overtime
The shots weren't falling and their overall game was not a thing of beauty, not a well-choreographed artistic production.
BASKETBALL
Dec 13, 2013
Hamamatsu ekes out road win over Oita
Four fewer turnovers and five more 3-pointers helped seal the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's 71-65 road victory for the Oita HeatDevils on Friday night.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 11, 2013
Jones, Shimizu helping to keep Oita in contention early
The Oita HeatDevils were 7-1 to open the 2012-13 season before the team's financial crisis broke up the nucleus of the roster, sending Matt Lottich, Wendell White, Taj Finger, Cyrus Tate, Kazuya "J." Hatano and Naoto Takushi packing as massive cost-cutting measures took place and new players arrived....
BASKETBALL
Dec 9, 2013
Resurgent 89ers rout Wat's
Things are starting to fall into place for the Sendai 89ers.
BASKETBALL
Dec 7, 2013
Ryukyu outlasts ex-coach Toyama, Nara in OT
Former Ryukyu Golden Kings coach Koto Toyama faced his old team on Saturday for the first time since he was fired in May after leading the Okinawan powerhouse to a league-record 42-win season that didn't include a trip to the Final Four.
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.

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