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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 / HIT AND RUN
Feb 18, 2009
A-Rod's admission could hurt game on world stage
Less than a month after a thrilling Super Bowl all eyes are again on Tampa, Fla.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 16, 2009
Tigers, Hawks busy breaking in new skippers during spring training
With spring training under way, fans in Osaka and Fukuoka are watching closely as their teams undergo a change.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 25, 2009
Iwakuma hopes to help Japan retain WBC title
In the midst of the greatest individual season of his career, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma was left off Japan's Olympic roster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 17, 2009
Fukumoto blazed quite a trail on bases before Rickey came along
Before the self-proclaimed (and arguably rightly so) "greatest of all time" and new MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson was redefining the way leadoff hitters would be viewed, the Hankyu Braves' Yutaka Fukumoto was helping to set the standard.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 11, 2009
Offseason moves give BayStars hope for 2009
For a team that couldn't do anything right during the season, things sure seem to be going well for the Yokohama BayStars this offseason.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 10, 2009
Pitching in Camden Yards will be a real challenge for Uehara
Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Koji Uehara made his major league aspirations known early on.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 22, 2008
WBC organizers happy with event's progress
There's talk of revenge ahead of the 2009 World Baseball Classic and it's music to the organizers' ears.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Dec 16, 2008
Ichiro, Dice-K headline Japan WBC candidates
Major League Baseball stars Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka headline a host of players revealed as the primary candidates to play for Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, it was announced on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 7, 2008
Miura's decision to remain with struggling BayStars admirable
The Yokohama BayStars reached the Nippon Professional Baseball summit in 1998 behind 12-game winner Daisuke Miura.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 5, 2008
Spirits with Koga as she claimed JLPGA money title
Miho Koga was finally able to break through.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 22, 2008
Wakamatsu makes history, but faces tough job ahead
The Seattle Mariners are hoping they made a big splash with the hiring of Major League Baseball's first Asian American manager Don Wakamatsu.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 22, 2008
Iwakuma, Ramirez earn MVP honors
Hisashi Iwakuma gave the Tohoku Rakuten faithful something to smile about and Yomiuri's Alex Ramirez received a well-deserved consolation prize as Nippon Professional Baseball announced its MVP award winners at a Tokyo hotel on Friday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 17, 2008
Asia falls to mighty Lions
The Uni-President Lions kept the Seibu Lions caged for 8 2/3 innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2008
Lions let rip in Asian rout
The Seibu Lions didn't need any clutch performances or dramatic comebacks on the third day of the Asian Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2008
Kishi, timely hits lift Seibu
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions proved that Seibu Lions pitcher Takayuki Kishi can be scored upon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2008
KBO champions defeat Seibu
The SK Wyverns came to this year's Asia Series to take care of some unfinished business.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2008
Lions prepare for trip into uncharted waters
The Seibu Lions and SK Wyverns went through the final preparations for their matchup in the 2008 edition of the Asia Series during a pair of brief practices on Wednesday at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 12, 2008
NPB champion Lions aim for Asian crown
The Seibu Lions have already proven they are the best team in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2008
Lions bare teeth to claim Japan Series
Seibu Lions manager Hisanobu Watanabe had a book due out on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2008
Strength in relief gives pitch-perfect Lions win
Relief pitching was the one clear advantage the Yomiuri Giants had over the Seibu Lions entering the Japan Series.
High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October
The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106
Masamitsu Yoshioka in 2023, when he was 105
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.
Japanese baseball fans flock to LA to see playoff-bound Ohtani
A giant mural of Shohei Ohtani on the side of a hotel in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles
The furry performance-enhancers that are sweeping the world of sports
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Dekopin, who delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game against the Orioles on Aug. 28
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
Walking through Tokyo's varied neighborhoods and the sub-communities within them can be the best way for a tourist, even one with limited time, to take the city in.
Japan’s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
Bourgeois is perhaps best known among the general public for her giant steel spider sculptures, particularly in Tokyo, where a nearly 10-meter tall bronze cast of the original spider has loomed over the walkway in Roppongi Hills since 2003.
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.

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