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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 / 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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2008
Marines maul BayStars
CHIBA — Rain forced Saturday's game between the Chiba Lotte Marines and Yokohama BayStars to begin a little behind schedule.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 31, 2008
Sweeney stepping up his game for Fighters
If there's a job to be done, chances are Brian Sweeney is your man.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 27, 2008
Giants hold off Fighters on evening of milestones
Alex Ramirez broke a record, Marc Kroon reached a milestone and Takuya Kimura took care of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 27, 2008
Giants' Gonzalez gets one-year suspension
Yomiuri Giants infielder Luis Gonzalez has been suspended for one year for violating Nippon Professional Baseball's drug policy, the league announced Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2008
Nishioka scores winning run on Imae's 'sayonara' sac fly
CHIBA — A stiff neck kept Tsuyoshi Nishioka from starting in the Chiba Lotte Marines' game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 24, 2008
Iwakuma flying high for Eagles
Hisashi Iwakuma seems to have finally arrived for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2008
Swallows take advantage of Marines' costly fielding miscue in 12th inning, eke out 2-0 win
For nine innings Yoshihisa Naruse and Masanori Ishikawa were almost mirror images of each other.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 23, 2008
Departure of Collins latest sign Buffaloes are in disarray
Something stinks in Kansai.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2008
Ramirez's three-run blast powers Giants past Marines
CHIBA — Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara usually greets Giants that hit home runs with a double-fisted handshake just outside of the dugout. Alex Ramirez's shot on Tuesday was so big that Hara went with a bear hug instead.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2008
Takahashi gives Carp big boost
With the Hiroshima Carp reeling from back-to-back losses, Ken Takahashi picked a great time to remind everyone why he's one of the top pitchers in the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2008
Valentine impressed with rookie hurler Karakawa
Hours before the Chiba Lotte Marines' game against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Tuesday, pitcher Yoshihisa Naruse was the first player out of the dugout for stretching, with 18-year-old Yuki Karakawa hot on his heels.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 17, 2008
Shimoyanagi's renaissance having impact for Tigers
For Hanshin Tigers pitcher Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi, the last two seasons have been more or less average.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2008
Marines give Valentine plenty to celebrate on his 58th birthday
So what do you get the manager that has everything on his birthday?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2008
Ramirez clubs game-winning hit
Alex Ramirez didn't get to do his home run dance against the Chunichi Dragons, so he gave Yomiuri Giants fans something to dance about instead.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 10, 2008
Kamei, Sakamoto capitalize when given chance to shine with Giants
While the Yomiuri Giants' All-Stars have gotten off to a slow start this season, two unheralded players have stolen the spotlight.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2008
Emergency starter Sweeney gives Fighters big lift in win over Lotte
CHIBA — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters suffered a big loss before their game against the Chiba Lotte Marines on Tuesday. Hichori Morimoto and Brian Sweeney made sure they celebrated a big win after it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2008
Lions enjoying winning under Watanabe
During his playing days, Saitama Seibu Lions manager Hisanobu Watanabe was among the flashiest players in Japanese baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 23, 2008
Otsuka homers in Lotte's rout of Seibu
CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines threw everything but the rule book at the Seibu Lions on Tuesday night. Good thing their manager was there to back them up.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2008
Tuffy blasts pair as Buffs win
Orix Buffaloes manager Terry Collins said that Tuffy Rhodes "is swinging the bat really well right now."
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.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
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.
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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