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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 / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 29, 2011
Hamamatsu's Parmer named season MVP
When a team goes 40-6 in the regular season, its players deserve recognition for their success.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 29, 2011
Media should be included in voting for bj-league awards
It's time for the bj-league to get rid of its voting system — players and coaches have votes but the media doesn't — for the Best Five team and related awards. The current selection process reminds one of an elementary school popularity contest.
BASKETBALL
Apr 27, 2011
Magic hope to end Rizing jinx in Western Conference playoffs
The bj-league postseason begins on Wednesday as the upstart Shimane Susanoo Magic try to extend their season into May by upsetting the Rizing Fukuoka.
BASKETBALL
Apr 25, 2011
Evessa lock up No. 2 seed in Western Conference
Bouncing back from a three-point loss on Saturday, a game that helped the rival Ryukyu Golden Kings wrap up the Western Conference's regular-season title, the Osaka Evessa locked up the West's No. 2 seed for the playoffs and a bye into the conference semifinals.
BASKETBALL
Apr 24, 2011
Ryukyu wins West, earns top seed for playoffs
The Ryukyu Golden Kings captured the Western Conference's regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for the playoffs on Saturday, clobbering the host Miyazaki Shining Suns 113-82.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 24, 2011
Miyazaki's Cole displays fortitude by sticking it out
For every expansion team, its inaugural season is a series of highs and lows. There's the exhaustion and enthusiasm that it takes to build a team from scratch and the growing pains that go with it. And it's never an easy task.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 22, 2011
Lack of action makes it tough for Albirex BB
The Niigata Albirex BB will enter the postseason after a remarkably light schedule in recent weeks. So light in fact that it's easy to forget when the team actually played games in back-to-back weeks.
BASKETBALL
Apr 18, 2011
Nakamura's Phoenix dig deep to take down Rizing in overtime again
Playing their second overtime contest in as many days, coach Kazuo Nakamura's club found the energy, focus and smarts to pull out another big win over the pesky Rizing Fukuoka.
BASKETBALL
Apr 17, 2011
Arnold's clutch 3-pointer sinks Rizing in OT
The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix never shy away from firing up a barrage of 3-point shots. This is a one of their trademarks.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 15, 2011
Blazers pass on Swift after tryout this week
The Tokyo Apache's season is finished, but big man Robert Swift's goal of returning to the NBA lives on.
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2011
Shimane's Ishizaki punishes Northern Happinets
When Takumi Ishizaki signed a contract last summer to play for the expansion Shimane Susanoo Magic for the 2010-11 season, the expansion club immediately became a playoff contender.
BASKETBALL
Apr 10, 2011
Rizing whip Lakestars, extend winning streak to seven
The Rizing Fukuoka are playing their best basketball of the season as they gear up for the playoffs next month.
BASKETBALL
Apr 9, 2011
Player concerns may force Final Four move
Voices of opposition have emerged to the bj-league's possible plans to hold this season's Final Four at Ariake Colosseum, and this could force the league to move the final playoff rounds to another region, possibly Kansai.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 8, 2011
Shiga must cope with loss of injured Peppers
When he arrived in the city alongside picturesque Lake Biwa , the well-traveled Josh Peppers gave the Shiga Lakestars an added component that every team covets: a professional scorer.
BASKETBALL
Apr 4, 2011
Rizing edge Magic on day of bj-league blowouts
Nobody said these are ordinary times in Japan. That sentiment also describes Sunday's bj-league action.
BASKETBALL
Apr 3, 2011
Golden Kings beat Evessa in OT clash
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were the better team in overtime on Saturday. That played a pivotal role in their 101-94 triumph over the visiting Osaka Evessa.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2011
Satterfield acquisition a big move for Evessa
After all of the unexpected changes this season over the past few weeks, this is no surprise: The Osaka Evessa and Ryukyu Golden Kings will play a meaningful series in April, one that could have a significant impact on the playoff picture.
BASKETBALL
Mar 28, 2011
Nakamura gets reward as focused Phoenix beat Northern Happinets
FUJIEDA, Shizuoka Pref. — Kazuo Nakamura, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's excellent coach, expects superior results from his players. And he usually gets them.
BASKETBALL
Mar 27, 2011
Golden Kings trounce Grouses
The Ryukyu Golden Kings look like a title contender. Their latest victory, a thorough 105-71 shellacking of the Toyama Grouses, was a bold reminder of the team's across-the-board strengths.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 27, 2011
Time for JBA to give up charade on merger
Under normal circumstances things move at a snail's pace within the Japan Basketball Association. So it's anyone's guess if talks between JBA officials and their bj-league counterparts will pick up anytime soon and/or if any progress will be made in the months to come for the creation of a new "top league"...
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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