The 25-year-old Ehime Prefecture native completed the race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 56...

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.
Listen in as JAPAN Forward sports editor Ed Odeven and guest Jack Gallagher discuss...
The 2020 Games will be the "Reconstruction Olympics and Paralympics," and organizers and JOC...
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The world No. 3 denies Serena Williams a shot at a record-tying 24th Grand...
Well-known athletes Hidetoshi Nakata, Kei Nishikori, Keijuro Matsui and Hiromi Matsunaga and visionary coach...