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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
Jul 19, 2008
Stubborn Lions fend off Marines' late broadside
CHIBA — The Seibu Lions weren't exactly roaring on Friday night but they did enough to get the job done.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 19, 2008
Hoshino makes gutsy decision by sticking with Uehara
Japan manager Senichi Hoshino took a gamble on Thursday afternoon.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2008
Hoshino places faith in Olympic qualifiers
Japan announced its 24-man baseball roster for the Beijing Olympics during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2008
Ogasawara, Ramirez blaze Giants past BayStars
The Yokohama BayStars tried to go homer for homer with the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 12, 2008
Talented Tigers excel in season's first half
The Hanshin Tigers are so far ahead in the Central League standings the Japanese media has already given them a magic number.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 12, 2008
Greisinger puts the squeeze on BayStars as Giants take second place
Don't look now but here come Seth Greisinger and the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2008
Omatsu slugs sixth-inning grand slam in Marines' rout of Hawks
CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines looked relaxed during batting practice under a sunny, cloudless sky on Friday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 5, 2008
'Big Daddy' beating up Swallows
Yomiuri Giants star Alex Ramirez hit a home run in his first official at-bat as a visitor in Jingu Stadium, home of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2008
Greisinger shines as Giants crush Swallows
Seth Greisinger entered the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in need of a win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 2, 2008
Aoki, Takeuchi carry big sticks for Swallows in win over Giants
The Yomiuri Giants have dedicated this week's series against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to former Giants great Sadaharu Oh.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2008
Tatsunami lifts Dragons
YOKOHAMA — It was a classic case of age before beauty for the Chunichi Dragons against the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 28, 2008
Fine play by Tigers during interleague season helped boost CL lead
The Hanshin Tigers missed out on the interleague title, but they're still on track for the one that matters.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2008
Giants triumph over Hawks in 12th inning
Takuya Kimura hit a two-run, "sayonara" single with no outs in the 12th inning to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 21, 2008
Southpaw trio going the distance to help Hawks
Tsuyoshi Wada was pitching a complete game against the Yokohama BayStars on Sunday and there wasn't anything anyone could do about it. Not Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitching coach Tadashi Sugimoto and not the BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2008
Marines' offense erupts in blowout victory over Yokohama
YOKOHAMA — Saburo Omura is all the way back.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2008
Big first inning propels Marines to win over Tigers
CHIBA — Tsuyoshi Nishioka sent ozeki Chiyotaikai an emphatic message in the third inning of the Chiba Lotte Marines' game against the Hanshin Tigers. The sumo star got the message loud and clear. So did the Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 14, 2008
Quick start has Rami thinking big for Giants
Alex Ramirez hit home runs in consecutive at-bats during last year's All-Star series, which sparked an amazing late season performance, during which he won back-to-back monthly MVP awards in August and September.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2008
Hot-hitting Lions storm past Giants
The Yomiuri Giants got the best of the Seibu Lions the first time around.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2008
Giants sweep Marines
The Yomiuri Giants haven't spent too much time at .500 this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 7, 2008
Sugiuchi Hawks' main man in May
There's just something about May that brings out the best in Toshiya Sugiuchi.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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