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Jason Coskrey
Jason Coskrey is a sports writer for The Japan Times. His primary focus is Japanese baseball, but he has also covered soccer, American football, boxing and basketball. He previously worked for the Marietta Daily Journal in Marietta, Ga. A native of Detroit, he is a graduate of the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2009
Ogasawara returning to battle team he started with
Saturday night will mark a reunion of sorts when the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters take the field at Sapporo Dome to open the 2009 Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2009
Matsumoto toils for Giant reward
Tetsuya Matsumoto keeps finding ways to do all the little things right.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2009
Giants crush Dragons in series finale
After the Yomiuri Giants finally found a way to score first, Yoshitomo Tani taught the Chunichi Dragons a thing or two about finishing off an opponent.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2009
Veteran closer Kroon thrives under pressure
Coming into a close game in the eighth inning isn't an easy thing for a closer. But as the Yomiuri Giants' Marc Kroon can attest to, you don't catch many breaks in October.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2009
Wakiya sparks Giants to 3-1 CL series lead
Nobody will remember Ryota Wakiya's first at-bat of the 2009 postseason. It's the second one that'll live on in the minds of Yomiuri Giants fans.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2009
Giants recover from bad start in Game 2
The Chunichi Dragons got off to another fast start in the Central League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2009
Dragons blitz Giants as Gonzalez falters
Facing odds that reeked of unfairness, the Chunichi Dragons couldn't have scripted a better beginning to the second stage of the Central League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2009
Giants confident ahead of CLCS showdown
Alex Ramirez promised former Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe five postseason home runs during a ceremony celebrating the team's 2009 pennant earlier this month.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2009
Rested Fighters, high-flying Eagles set for PLCS
After a long layoff, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters will return to the diamond on Wednesday in the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2009
Sour feelings linger as Nomura marches on
SENDAI — For all the new beginnings the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' win in the first stage of the Climax Series signified, there was an unmistakable sense of finality lingering in the air at Kleenex Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2009
Pitching riches stoke Tohoku Rakuten's ambitions
SENDAI — One of Japanese baseball's marquee pitchers will be missing from the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2009
Eagles sweep Hawks
SENDAI — They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2009
Hawks' Houlton embraces challenge of Climax Series start against Eagles
Sendai D.J. Houlton has been waiting almost two weeks to get back on the mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2009
Eagles rout Hawks in opener
SENDAI — It took two pitches for Yosuke Takasu to get the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' message across.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2009
Dragons, Swallows prep for playoff tilt
The Chunichi Dragons completed the 2009 season as one of the most complete teams in Japanese baseball. A pair of pitchers with superb ERAs and a lineup that cranked out 605 runs has Dragons fans dreaming of a Japan Series run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2009
Uncertainty surrounds first-stage teams in Pa. League Climax Series
Established in 2004, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles may be making their maiden voyage into the postseason but manager Katsuya Nomura's club has the pieces for a successful run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 10, 2009
Ishikawa, Swallows clinch playoff berth
All the Tokyo Yakult Swallows had to do was beat the Hanshin Tigers to wrap up a spot in the Central League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2009
Fighters dependent on Darvish in playoffs
Now that the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have taken care of the pennant, it's time to take care of Yu Darvish.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 6, 2009
Valentine tight-lipped over rumors of Marlins post
CHIBA — Bobby Valentine's return to television may not last that long after all.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 29, 2009
Pitching holds key to PL shakeup
Gaudy pitching numbers may bring home awards and adoration. But it's coming through in the clutch that leads to titles.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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