Reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani, who is looking to pick up where he left...
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.
Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in...
While established powers collect most of the medals, smaller Olympic contingents and hometown heroes...
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her teammates handled the pressure of a high-stakes match and...
Takagi powered across the finish line in 1 minute, 13.18 seconds to help soothe...
“You have to play against the best teams to get better,” said Canadian mentor...
Japan, which won Olympic gold in the team pursuit in 2018, held the lead...
Nao Kodaira, the 2018 Olympic champion, trailed by a wide margin for large stretches...
Morishige finishes 0.17 seconds off the pace in his first Olympic race, while Japan...
After consecutive runner-up finishes in Sochi and Pyeongchang, the 23-year-old collects the top Olympic...
American Chloe Kim defended her Olympic title with a top score of 94.00 points...
Disappointment is a powerful motivational tool for an athlete that the 25-year-old Ando can...
