With 58 medals, including 27 gold, at the Tokyo Games, Japan’s Olympians collected 17...
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.
The United States jumped out to an 18-5 lead in the first quarter and...
Dynamic point guard Rui Machida continued her brilliant play with an Olympic women’s single-game...
The unsung heroes of the Tokyo Olympics don’t win gold medals for their efforts,...
JAPAN Forward
Japan adds to its national record-breaking medal haul with silver and bronze in the...
Shuhei Tada, Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu and Yuki Koike completed their qualifying heat in...
Wrestler Yukako Kawai triumphs in the women’s freestyle 62-kg final, winning the same division...
Saki Hayashi sank a 3-pointer with 15.2 seconds remaining to keep the host nation’s...
Longtime NBA star Pau Gasol, Italian swimming icon Federica Pellegrini and cyclist Maja Włoszczowska...
The Norwegian completes the final in 45.94 seconds a month after topping Kevin Young’s...
The 20-year-old Tottori Prefecture native becomes Japan’s first female Olympic boxing medalist.
The Australian superstar now owns more Olympic medals (11) than any athlete from her...
