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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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OLYMPICS / SPORTS SCOPE

Dec 3, 2018

IOC continues to review esports

Is there a future for esports in the Olympics?

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OLYMPICS

Dec 1, 2018

IOC leader Thomas Bach speaks out on many issues

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said the organization is still reviewing multiple proposals concerning the possibility of extreme heat during the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Dec 1, 2018

Tomoya Mori, Ko Shimozuru recipients of Sky Perfect Dramatic Sayonara of the Year Award

Tomoya Mori sent the fans at Seibu Dome into hysterics with his sayonara double in April. Ko Shimozuru did the same in July with a home run at Mazda Stadium.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 27, 2018

Carp star Yoshihiro Maru repeats as CL MVP; Seibu's Hotaka Yamakawa receives PL accolade for first time

Yoshihiro Maru and Hotaka Yamakawa spent the year putting up career numbers to help propel their clubs to league championships.

Japan Times

BASEBALL / MLB

Nov 22, 2018

Shohei Ohtani reflects on successful first year in Major League Baseball

A little over a year ago, Nov. 11, 2017, to be exact, Shohei Ohtani strode into a room full of journalists at the Japan National Press Club and told the world he was ready to head to MLB and hoped to one day become the best baseball player in the world.

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MORE SPORTS

Nov 20, 2018

Japan SailGP team joins new global circuit

"This is like Formula One on water."

Japan Times

BASEBALL / MLB

Nov 13, 2018

MLB players, San Francisco coach Hensley Meulens reflect on Shohei Ohtani's 2018 campaign

Around this time four years ago, during the last tour of Japan by major league players, the MLB world at large got its first real glimpse of Shohei Ohtani.

BASEBALL

Nov 12, 2018

Yuki Yanagita makes major impression on MLB All-Stars

If there was one standout talent from the first half of the six-game Japan All-Star Series, it was without a doubt Yuki Yanagita.

Japan Times

BASEBALL

Nov 11, 2018

Yadier Molina, J.T. Realmuto go deep as MLB stars dominate Game 3

Ronald Acuna Jr. jumped for joy as the MLB All-Stars celebrated in their dugout. In the stands, fans on the third-base side stood with both arms raised and waving from side to side. Even some of the Samurai Japan fans were cheering.

BASEBALL / MLB

Nov 11, 2018

Nationals standout rookie Juan Soto relishes All-Star Series atmosphere

There are few experiences in baseball like seeing the fans at a Japanese game. The scene is more soccer than baseball as they cheer, sing songs and play instruments, with the tunes, rhythms and movements changing with each batter and situation.

BASEBALL

Nov 10, 2018

Samurai Japan's Yuki Yanagita wields powerful bat in Game 2 victory over MLB All-Stars

There were stars from both MLB and NPB playing under the bright lights at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.

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BASEBALL / MLB

Nov 10, 2018

Retiring Twins standout Joe Mauer leaves impressive legacy as iconic catcher

Before J.T. Realmuto became an All-Star catcher for the Miami Marlins, he was playing shortstop for the baseball team at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma. But one of his favorite big league players at the time wasn't a shortstop. It was Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer.

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BASEBALL

Nov 10, 2018

Rangers pitcher Chris Martin happy to return to Japan with MLB All-Stars

For Texas Rangers pitcher Chris Martin, being back in Japan is a homecoming of sorts.

BASEBALL

Nov 10, 2018

Samurai Japan's Yuki Yanagita delivers ninth-inning heroics in Japan All-Star Series opener

Yuki Yanagita barely even watched the flight of the ball.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 8, 2018

MLB All-Stars jump on Giants early en route to exhibition victory

The MLB All-Stars prepared for their series against Samurai Japan by giving former Japan manager Tatsunori Hara a rude welcome in his return to the dugout.

BASEBALL

Nov 8, 2018

NPB, MLB squads to vie for bragging rights in All-Star series

Atsunori Inaba already knows he'll be managing Samurai Japan during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 5, 2018

MVP Takuya’s ‘Kai Cannon’ key to Hawks’ Japan Series conquest

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks must've known something was off.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 4, 2018

Hawks rule the roost with dominating NPB title run

In the moments after the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clinched their second consecutive Japan Series title on Saturday, club chairman Sadaharu Oh was asked for his thoughts about this year's team.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 4, 2018

Hawks shut out Carp in Game 6, capture back-to-back Japan Series crowns

The Heisei Era in Japan is set to end when Emperor Akihito abdicates next year on April 30.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 2, 2018

Hawks' Kenji Akashi displays patience, poise in biggest moments

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have so many star players that second baseman Kenji Akashi can get lost in the shuffle.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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