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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.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Oct 22, 2018

Hawks' excellence in execution results in trip to Japan Series

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks scripted a masterpiece in the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 21, 2018

Lions ace Yusei Kikuchi to consider future as club gives green light to posting

The Seibu Lions lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Game 5 of the Pacific League Climax Series on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Dome.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 21, 2018

Hawks repeat PL dominance, defeat Lions to reach Japan Series

The 2018 NPB season didn't quite go the way the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks had planned. Even so, they're going to end it right where they expected to be all along.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 20, 2018

Lions reliever Deunte Heath grateful to be back in NPB

Deunte Heath followed a long and winding path to reach the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series with the Seibu Lions.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 19, 2018

Hawks hammer Lions, even series at 2-2

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks catcher Hiroaki Takaya gathered his teammates in a huddle around him near the visitors' dugout and delivered a message intended to pump them up before facing the Seibu Lions.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 19, 2018

Nankai Hawks ace Joe Stanka, hero of 1964 Japan Series, dies at 87

Former Nankai Hawks great Joe Stanka, the 1964 Pacific League MVP who famously threw three shutouts during that season's Japan Series, died of heart failure on Oct. 15, his grandson Josh told The Japan Times

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 18, 2018

Rick van den Hurk continues winning ways for Hawks

Rick van den Hurk just knows how to win under the bright lights.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 15, 2018

Giants riding wave of momentum into final stage showdown against Carp

Tomoyuki Sugano turned, slapped his glove and thrust both arms into air once the ball was safely secure in Daikan Yoh's glove in center field. He wore a broad smile as catcher Seiji Kobayashi enveloped him in a hug near the mound at Jingu Stadium. The rest of the Yomiuri Giants were beaming as well....

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 14, 2018

Tomoyuki Sugano-no: near-perfect game sends Giants to CL Climax Series final

If there was any lingering doubt about who Japan's best pitcher was, Tomoyuki Sugano put it to rest.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 10, 2018

Samurai Japan unveils roster for series against MLB stars

Kazuma Okamoto has spent all season showing why many think he could be one of Japan's next great slugging stars.

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MORE SPORTS

Oct 6, 2018

Esports searches for foothold in Japan

During August and September, esports competitions took the stage in two very different and significant places.

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TENNIS

Oct 3, 2018

Kei Nishikori prevails in second round against Benoit Paire at Rakuten Japan Open

Kei Nishikori was everywhere. Whether it was the left side of the court, the right side of the court or near the net, for large stretches it seemed like wherever Benoit Paire hit the ball, Nishikori was there to meet it.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Oct 3, 2018

Lions counting on quality starting pitching to set the tone in playoffs

The pitching staff of the Seibu Lions has put up some scary numbers in 2018. Not scary-good numbers either.

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JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era

Sep 29, 2018

Defining the Heisei Era: When Japanese games went global

The Japan Times presents the fifth installment of a monthly 12-part series that looks back at the leading issues of the past three decades.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 28, 2018

Hisayoshi Chono slugs sayonara homer to lift Giants past BayStars, into third place in CL standings

Before watching his two former NPB clubs take the field in a crucial late-season game, the retiring Shuichi Murata urged them to give everything they had during the contest.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Sep 24, 2018

Swallows' Buchanan remains positive during playoff push

David Buchanan's little slice of heaven is in the outfield. He might be a pitcher by trade, but there are few things the 29-year old enjoys more than running, jumping and sliding around the outfield shagging fly balls during batting practice before games.

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TENNIS

Sep 22, 2018

Naomi Osaka cruises into Pan Pacific Open final

Naomi Osaka had punched her ticket for the Toray Pan Pacific Open final and fielded questions from the media about 10 minutes. Now, she had a question of her own. "Um, what is that on your phone?" she asked Ichika Shingyo from Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.

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BUSINESS

Sep 20, 2018

Tokyo Game Show kicks off with stronger esports presence

The Tokyo Game Show kicked off Thursday with the usual assortment of bells and whistles, while Sony Corp., Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., Square Enix Holdings Co. and the other usual suspects all occupied large swaths of the convention halls at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture.

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TENNIS

Sep 20, 2018

Naomi Osaka boosts interest at Toray Pan Pacific Open

Naomi Osaka's presence is being felt at the Toray Pan Pacific Open this week.

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TENNIS

Sep 19, 2018

Former Chiba Lotte interpreter Shun Nakasone helping Naomi Osaka in Japan

When Naomi Osaka faced the media in Japan as a Grand Slam champion for the first time on Sept. 13, Shun Nakasone was right there beside her.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.

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