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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 / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 21, 2012
Aoki continues All-Star streak with seventh selection
Before the Ryukyu Golden Kings ever played a game and before Okinawa proved to be a terrific location for a Japanese professional basketball team, Cohey Aoki had already established himself as a fan favorite in the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 19, 2012
Asian coaching veteran Humphries seeking shot on sidelines in Japan
A ringing endorsement from someone who has worked at the elite level in his chosen profession probably couldn't hurt, eh?
BASKETBALL
Dec 17, 2012
Phoenix stretch win streak to seven; Susanoo Magic sweep Golden Kings
This season, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix were expected to be one of the Western Conference's elite teams after four banner campaigns in the bj-league's Eastern Conference.
BASKETBALL
Dec 16, 2012
Crane Thunders earn first home victory in franchise history
You've got to start somewhere.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 15, 2012
Big Three lead B-Corsairs past 89ers
The Yokohama B-Corsairs controlled the tempo in crunch time and dominated key stretches of a 79-68 victory over the Sendai 89ers on Friday night in the bj-league.
BASKETBALL
Dec 14, 2012
Kabaya leads B-Corsairs past 89ers
High-energy guard Masayuki Kabaya scored a season-high and game-best 28 points, canned 6 of 9 3-pointers and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Yokohama B-Corsairs' 82-75 victory over the Sendai 89ers on Thursday night in the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 14, 2012
Golden Kings reign supreme in Western Conference
The Ryukyu Golden Kings, not unlike a well-oiled machine, are the best squad in the league. And this week we examine how they stack up with the other nine teams in the Western Conference over the past 10 games, or roughly one-fifth of the 52-game season.
BASKETBALL
Dec 12, 2012
Veteran forward Cummings joins 89ers
A week after forward T.J. Cummings officially parted ways with the Akita Northern Happinets, he moved on to the struggling Sendai 89ers, another Eastern Conference team in the bj-league.
BASKETBALL
Dec 11, 2012
B-Corsairs maintain hoodoo over Happinets
The Yokohama B-Corsairs match up well against the Akita Northern Happinets, and have caused great headaches for coach Kazuo Nakamura's squad.
BASKETBALL
Dec 9, 2012
Sneed shines as Big Bulls run away from Broncos
Center Dillion Sneed scored 20 of his game-high 24 points in the second half as the Iwate Big Bulls turned a close contest into a rout, beating the Saitama Broncos 111-94 on Saturday night at Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium.
BASKETBALL
Dec 8, 2012
89ers-Albirex rematch called off
The Sendai 89ers-Niigata Albirex BB game on Friday was canceled due to the 7.3 magnitude earthquake (at 5:18 p.m.) and, the tsunami that followed in Tohoku.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Dec 7, 2012
Woodbury, Davis excelled in November
The unbeaten Ryukyu Golden Kings added steady scorer Terrance Woodbury in the offseason, and the move paid off.
BASKETBALL
Dec 7, 2012
Albirex finish strong in victory over 89ers
Simple arithmetic played a part in the Niigata Albirex BB's 100-82 road victory over the Sendai 89ers on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 7, 2012
Ishibashi steering Brave Warriors in the right direction
Takatoshi "Big Bashi" Ishibashi served as the Shinshu Brave Warriors' capable assistant coach during the team's inaugural season under Motofumi Aoki, the 2006-07 bj-league Coach of the Year.
BASKETBALL
Dec 5, 2012
Ex-MVP White blasts bj-league, plans to sue Oita
Former Oita HeatDevils star Wendell White met with team officials on Tuesday and repeated his demands that the team honor his expired contract 14 days after his salary was due.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 3, 2012
Golden Kings hand HeatDevils a 73-point beating
Sunday's Oita HeatDevils-Ryukyu Golden Kings game was a farce from the get-go. And the 1,286 spectators in attendance weren't treated to anything resembling a professional basketball contest.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 2, 2012
Players give ultimatum to Oita, plan appeal to FIBA
Like a veteran boxer with 75 bouts on his resume, the Oita HeatDevils' American quartet —Wendell White, Matt Lottich, Taj Finger and Cyrus Tate — is not going down without a fight.
BASKETBALL
Dec 2, 2012
HeatDevils suffer embarrassing loss to Golden Kings
The Ryukyu Golden Kings routed the host Oita HeatDevils in the second half on Saturday, turning a close contest into a 100-68 annihilation in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2012
Shame game in Oita: Players rip team, allege fraud
The on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy Oita HeatDevils will field an undermanned team this weekend at home, a squad that's a cheap imitation of the 12-man unit that had the potential to reach the Final Four this season.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 30, 2012
Oita defaults on player salaries, asks league to intervene
The Oita HeatDevils assembled one of the league's top rosters, a smart collection of veterans, and produced nine victories over their first 14 games, fewer wins than only one club in the 10-team Western Conference — the perennial powerhouse Ryukyu Golden Kings. More of the same appears impossible....
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.
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.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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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