After losing in the final regulation bout at the Autumn Basho against Hoshoryu, Onosato...
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.
"It is Japan's role to spread the sport to Asia and the world," Japan...
For the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto played starring roles in the defending...
Sports fans celebrated success at the World Athletics Championships, boxer Naoya Inoue extended his...
Reporting on the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, Natalie Nakase's WNBA coaching award and Japan's...
Team USA finished the nine-day extravaganza with 26 medals, by far the most. Host...
The Kenyan runner won the thrilling event with a World Athletics Championships record time...
Competing in the world championships for the fourth time, Nanako Fujii became the first...
Kitaguchi placed 14th out of 36 entrants at the World Athletics Championships. The reigning...
The American ran the 400-meter final in 47.78 seconds at the World Athletics Championships,...
Kenya's Cherotich claimed the gold in 8:51.59, and on the same night Italy's Mattia...
Alphonce Felix Simbu, Tanzania's first-ever gold medalist at the world championships, won the marathon...
