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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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LIFE / Digital

Sep 27, 2014

The tricky path abroad for Japanese games

On the website Change.org, there is a petition addressed to Bandai Namco Games signed by 711 people, as of Sept. 25, that reads simply, "Bring 'God Eater 2' to North America and EU."

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Sep 27, 2014

Hard work pays off for gutsy Giants

The Yomiuri Giants made it three Central League pennants in three seasons on Friday night in Yokohama.

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LIFE / Digital

Sep 26, 2014

Kojima's terrifying world of the unknown

Hideo Kojima's "P.T." isn't even a full game, and it still might be the scariest video game experience of the year. It is atmospheric, unfailingly creepy, and in future years might be looked back on as the ﬁrst step in the reimagining of the horror genre.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 23, 2014

Carp guaranteed first non-losing season since 2001

Deunte Heath says the Hiroshima Carp have the best fans in Japan. On Tuesday, he took a big step toward giving them a chance to watch their team play postseason baseball at home for a change.

MORE SPORTS

Sep 20, 2014

UFC Fight Night Japan delivers entertaining, action-packed program

Mark Hunt didn't take a special game plan into his fight against 182-cm, 118 kg Roy Nelson. He just took his fists, and a whole lot of power.

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LIFE / Digital

Sep 18, 2014

Indie games get a boost at Tokyo Game Show

Major gaming companies are likely to dominate the headlines at this weekend's Tokyo Game Show (TGS), along with the promise of future releases that have budgets reaching into the millions.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 9, 2014

Fighters pound Hawks in eighth inning as game turns into rout

When Daikan Yoh got his bat around the slider Jason Standridge threw him, the only question was how far was it going to go.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Sep 8, 2014

Otani may create unique challenge

Shohei Otani has proven this season that he's a talent unlike any other Japanese baseball has seen over the course of a full season. There are better hitters and better pitchers (though maybe not for long), but no one who can do both simultaneously as well as Otani has for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters...

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 6, 2014

Trio of NPB teams hit it big with midseason acquisitions

The Seibu Lions were fielding a toothless lineup early in the NPB season while Ernesto Mejia was up to his usual hard-hitting trick on the other side of the world with the Gwinnett Braves, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 3, 2014

Fan-favorite Inaba jumping into sunset

Atsunori Inaba may have been Japan's most popular player among foreign fans during the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The quadrennial competition doesn't just bring 16 nations together, it allows the baseball cultures of various nations to come together. Prominent among these is Japan's ouendan.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Sep 1, 2014

Cuban stars battle minor injuries during first year in Japan

Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne returned to the Chiba Lotte Marines lineup Sunday afternoon after a few days of convalescing from the discomfort in his left side that had kept him out since Aug. 22.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 28, 2014

Sawamura fires two-hitter against Tigers

Hirokazu Sawamura let out a shout and thrust both arms in the air. The Yomiuri Giants pitcher had been bitten in his first two starts against the Hanshin Tigers, but the third time turned out to be the charm.

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MORE SPORTS

Aug 27, 2014

UFC star Tate prepared to take fight to Nakai

Miesha Tate wants Rin Nakai to remember her after their fight next month. Nakai, who is undefeated (16-0-1), likely already knows all about Tate, a superstar in women's mixed martial arts, but Tate wants a special place in Nakai's world.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Aug 25, 2014

Big decision looms for ace Kaneko

For Chihiro Kaneko, it starts now. The questions about his future and the maelstrom of media attention that will have grown to a fevered pitch by the time it's time to face the issue.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Aug 18, 2014

Miura adding to legacy with recent success for BayStars

Daisuke Miura is turning back the clock in Yokohama.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 16, 2014

Gomez earning his stripes with Tigers

Mauro Gomez probably couldn't believe his luck when he saw the pitch Chris Seddon threw him.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 14, 2014

Giants close out series with tidy victory over Tigers

The Yomiuri Giants aren't giving up first place without a fight.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 9, 2014

Ishikawa perseveres with Swallows

On a somewhat muggy Friday night in Yokohama, Masanori Ishikawa strode to the center of the diamond at Yokohama Stadium, bent down and bounced the rosin bag around in his hand a few times — seemingly every pitch later that night was accompanied by a puff of white — and proceeded to make his 20th...

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN

Aug 4, 2014

Tigers face annual 'road trip of death' in midst of CL race

Should the Hanshin Tigers be worried about the "road trip of death?" Sure, it sounds ominous, as do most things when you tack "of death" onto the end, but it's not nearly as bad as in the past. Either way, the team has to face it now.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 3, 2014

Sixth-inning offensive outburst carries Carp past Giants

The Hiroshima Carp may still have fond feelings for Kan Otake, but in the middle of a pennant race it's every man for himself.

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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