In the 2025 NPB season, Tigers reliever Daichi Ishii has allowed one run in...
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.
Captain Mayu Ishikawa and her teammates are seeking to collect Japan's first FIVB Women's...
With a bogey-free final round at the Portland Classic, Akie Iwai secured a four-stroke...
A few days before his 30th birthday, Taisei Aibara threw his javelin more than...
The 35-year-old MLB rookie, who pitched for NPB's Yomiuri Giants from 2013-24, has made...
Lebanon overpowered Japan in a qualifier for the FIBA Asia Cup quarterfinals in Saudi...
On the global stage and in the Japan Soccer League, Kunishige Kamamoto excelled. Playing...
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...
