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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 26, 2012
Shining Suns enjoy rare victory
The Miyazaki Shining Suns have endured a miserable start to the 2012-13 season.
BASKETBALL
Nov 25, 2012
Hannaryz extend winning streak to five
David Palmer scored a team-high 19 points and Gyno Pomare poured in 14 as the Kyoto Hannaryz topped the visiting Takamatsu Five Arrows 80-69 on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 24, 2012
Iwate outlasts Yokohama in OT
The Iwate Big Bulls held off the host Yokohama B-Corsairs in overtime on Friday night, winning 89-84 in the bj-league series opener.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 23, 2012
89ers lend support to S. Dakota teen battling cancer
The Sendai 89ers are lending a helping hand to a 17-year-old South Dakota student's fight against cancer.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 23, 2012
Williams says changing Saitama track record not easy
Tracy Williams is the Saitama Broncos' eighth head coach since the team entered the bj-league in 2005. Only ex-NBA forward David Benoit lasted more than one season during his time at the helm — 2006-08 — and the Broncos were 36-48 in those two campaigns.
BASKETBALL
Nov 19, 2012
Garcia shoots Grouses past Broncos
Momentum shifts from time to time during an ordinary basketball game, and there are several big scoring spurts to witness.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 18, 2012
Story behind drug scandal that rocked bj-league to core
Nearly six months after being released from Osaka Prefectural Police custody, Dana Washington, wife of bj-league legend and former Osaka Evessa star Lynn Washington, decided it was time to tell her side of the story.
BASKETBALL
Nov 18, 2012
Golden Kings edge HeatDevils, remain unbeaten
The Ryukyu Golden Kings celebrated their ninth victory in as many games this season, edging the visiting Oita HeatDevils 85-82 on Saturday evening in a clash between the Western Conference's first- and second-place clubs.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 17, 2012
Galloway spearheads Phoenix to victory over Five Arrows
Kevin Galloway scored a season-best 36 points and handed out five of his team's nine assists as Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix topped the host Takamatsu Five Arrows 93-82 on Friday in the bj-league.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 16, 2012
Gap between good and bad teams evident early on
There's a lot of basketball to be played this season, and a lot of teams' fortunes will rise and fall. But there's plenty of evidence that there will be many bad teams this season in the bj-league.
BASKETBALL
Nov 16, 2012
Steady Aoki leads Cinq Reves past Crane Thunders
In a midweek showdown of bj-league expansion clubs, the Tokyo Cinq Reves earned a series split against the visiting Gunma Crane Thunders on Thursday, winning 65-63.
BASKETBALL
Nov 13, 2012
Goya leads Brave Warriors past B-Corsairs
A lot has changed since May 2006, when the Toyama Grouses made guard Takanori Goya the No. 1 pick in the bj-league draft.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 11, 2012
Big Bulls outlast Northern Happinets in OT clash of Eastern heavyweights
In their first head-to-head matchup of the season, the Iwate Big Bulls took care of business against the visiting Akita Northern Happinets on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 9, 2012
Veteran leadership powers Fukuoka's run to relevance
The Rizing Fukuoka have been on a roll over the past few weeks, winning five straight games and bouncing back from a three-game slide to start the season.
BASKETBALL
Nov 5, 2012
Thomas stars as Phoenix eclipse Shining Suns
Decades from now, Adrian Thomas will still remember Sunday's game at Hamamatsu Arena, when the spotlight shined on him from start to finish.
BASKETBALL
Nov 4, 2012
Susanoo Magic edge Hannaryz as Pavlicevic returns to team
Shimane Susanoo Magic coach Zeljko Pavlicevic made an emotional return to his team this week following the death of his 82-year-old mother, Zora, on Oct. 28.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Nov 3, 2012
Sneed receives October MVP award on offense; Parker, Tsukino share defensive accolades
The Iwate Big Bulls have been the Eastern Conference's top team this season, winning all eight of their games in October.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2012
Agent rips Evessa after they pay off Cox over lawsuit threat
The once-mighty Osaka Evessa's spiraling-out-of-control reputation has taken another major hit. And FIBA, basketball's world governing body, entered the picture for this latest incident.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 2, 2012
Gunma fires Hayashi, names Blackwell new coach
The winless Gunma Crane Thunders, who have been handed 35-, 38- and 43-point losses, fired original coach Tadashi Hayashi and named Ryan Blackwell his successor, the Eastern Conference squad announced Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 1, 2012
Cinq Reves part ways with Milutinovic
The expansion Tokyo Cinq Reves have released center Ilija Milutinovic, the bj-league team announced on Wednesday.
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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