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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.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jul 8, 2019

Giants beginning to hit stride ahead of All-Star break

Following a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners in March, Yomiuri Giants manager Tastunori Hara mused that the MLB club's lineup looked similar to his own.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 4, 2019

Giants grab early lead against Dragons, extend winning streak to five

All it took was one ball, right were Hayato Sakamoto likes it, for the suddenly surging Yomiuri Giants to get off and running toward another victory.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 22, 2019

Giants whip Hawks, stay in contention for interleague crown

It'll essentially be winner-take-all for this season's interleague title.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jun 16, 2019

Hitting for cycle no common occurrence for NPB players

Let's talk about the cycle for a minute.

Japan Times

LIFE / Digital

Jun 16, 2019

Keita Takahashi: The world is alive with the fun of Wattam

Designer of the cult game Katamari Damacy talks about his new game, Wattum, and how a goat changed his life.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 14, 2019

Dragons starter Yuya Yanagi fans 13 in electrifying complete-game effort

The Chiba Lotte Marines invited the band from nearby Narashino High School to sit in left field and power their cheering section on Friday night.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 12, 2019

Reliever Scott Mathieson happy to be back on mound for Giants

Scott Mathieson had appeared in 393 games for the Yomiuri Giants entering this season. Over the past seven years, he's come out the Yomiuri bullpen mostly tasked with either protecting leads, keeping the Kyojin in games or closing out wins.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jun 10, 2019

Hanshin's Fumihito Haraguchi has already written inspiring story in comeback from cancer

The past week was one of returns in Japanese baseball.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 9, 2019

Giants bats support returning ace Tomoyuki Sugano in big win over Marines

Yomiuri Giants fans used their cheers to welcome ace pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano back to the diamond.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 8, 2019

Marines rally past Giants in ninth

The Chiba Lotte Marines were on the road, missing some key players because of injuries, down a run and three outs away from a loss.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

May 27, 2019

Stewart's bold move to Japan could shake up MLB, NPB

Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kyle Regnault doesn't know what he'd do if he were in Carter Stewart's cleats.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 24, 2019

Carp crush Giants to extend winning streak to 10

The first several weeks of the NPB season had many wondering how it was possible for the Hiroshima Carp to start off so slowly.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

May 20, 2019

Stanka's family reunited with '64 MVP trophy

Joe Stanka's Pacific League MVP trophy was missing for over 30 years.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 19, 2019

Eagles' Jabari Blash heeding Shohei Ohtani's advice early on in Japan

Jabari Blash was in demand before the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' "home" game at Tokyo Dome on Thursday.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 17, 2019

Tigers' Pierce Johnson striving to improve his Japanese

Sitting in the Hanshin Tigers' bullpen has given Pierce Johnson a chance to pick up some new things. Namely, his teammates have been teaching him some Japanese during their downtime, and he's already imagining the possibilities of having a new language in his arsenal.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 16, 2019

Shota Hiranuma lifts Fighters with RBI double in seventh, earns first post-game hero interview

For a second, Shota Hiranuma thought he might've hit the first home run of his pro career.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

May 13, 2019

'Home Run Jizo' testament of bond between Sadaharu Oh and ailing boy

It's raining hard at Shinbanba station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. Pouring, actually, real cats-and-dogs-type stuff.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

May 4, 2019

Katsuya Kakunaka, Seiya Inoue deliver clutch hits as Marines top Fighters

There was sun, rain, a little hail, sun again and finally a blanket of gray clouds at Zozo Marine Stadium on Saturday.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Apr 30, 2019

Dragons close out Heisei Era with victory over Giants

The Heisei Era is over for the Chunichi Dragons and the club finished it off in style.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Apr 29, 2019

Home run celebrations becoming commonplace in Japanese game

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks infielder Kenji Akashi briefly went viral across baseball late last week when he hit a three-run sayonara home run and celebrated with a backflip onto home plate. Well, near home plate, as he had to go back and actually step on it.

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.

Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.

The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

By Tomoko Otake

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