In Doha, Japanese judoka collected five gold medals and 11 individual medals in 10...
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.
For the Summer Basho, yokozuna Terunofuji's return to sumo competition after undergoing surgery on...
Blue Jays lefty Yusei Kikuchi made adjustments during the offseason, had a strong spring...
Headlined by the Jets, who set a B.League record with 53 regular-season wins, the...
Boston Red Sox slugger Masataka Yoshida batted .480 (12-for-25) in six games from May...
An own goal by Al-Hilal's Andre Carrillo gave the Urawa Reds the victory in...
After a decade with the Ryukyu Golden Kings, including four title-winning seasons, veteran leader...
Lemaire and Sakai will ride Derma Sotogake and Continuar, respectively, at the Kentucky Derby,...
Shinzo Koroki scored a "lucky" goal in the 53rd minute in Riyadh as the...
Veteran playmakers Allen Durham, Ryuichi Kishimoto and Keita Imamura have nearly identical assist stats...
With a methodical move to the front with 300 meters to go in the...
Japan is one of four Group E squads in the FIBA Basketball World Cup,...
