On the global stage and in the Japan Soccer League, Kunishige Kamamoto excelled. Playing...
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.
Reporting on table tennis star Tomokazu Harimoto, FC Machida Zelvia's latest victory, Daichi Kamada's...
Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki, who has been sidelined with a shoulder injury since mid-May,...
Reporting on a baseball rule change in NPB, Shohei Ohtani, soccer standout Ritsu Doan's...
Appearing in her first WTA 1000 final since April 2022, Naomi Osaka won the...
Heading into a rematch of Vissel Kobe's 1-0 home win over FC Machida Zelvia...
Josh Hawkinson scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the FIBA Asia Cup...
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Tatsunori Shogenji won two of the first nine Japan Golf Tour tournaments he entered...
On an action-packed night of boxing, 23-year-old Takami captured the WBA light flyweight title...
Reporting on Koki Kano, Japan's first world champion in an epee fencing individual event,...
During his candid and humorous induction ceremony speech, Ichiro Suzuki shared memories of his...
