Slugger Rintaro Sasaki aims to make a big impact on offense in the 2026...
Ed Odeven
Ed Odeven is a longtime sports journalist who previously worked for The Japan Times as its chief basketball reporter for nearly 14 years. He also covered a wide range of other sports for the newspaper, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Games. A graduate of Arizona State University, Odeven worked for several newspapers in the Grand Canyon State before moving to Japan. He has freelanced for dozens of media outlets around the world.
In a FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifier, China rebounded from a 15-point deficit in...
Led by comprehensive success in snowboarding and figure skating in Italy, Japan had its...
The long-awaited blockbuster boxing title fight between undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue and...
Freestyle skier Satoshi Furuno and short track speed skater Haruna Nagamori were among Japan's...
American Alysa Liu won the figure skating title by less than two points over...
Mari Fukada won Japan's fourth snowboard gold of the 2026 Olympics, and Taiga Hasegawa...
Teenager Nakai holds a slim lead over Kaori Sakamoto in the figure skating competition....
With a bronze medal-winning effort in the speed skating event, Japan broke its record...
After the pairs short program, Miura and Kihara were in fifth place. The figure...
Japan's Reira Iwabuchi and Mari Fukada join Kokomo Murase, who is first in the...
In Riyadh, Forever Young beat Nysos by one length, becoming the first thoroughbred to...
