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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
Oct 19, 2012
Opportunistic Dragons take 2-1 series lead over Giants
Junki Ito turned 21 years old in January. That's three fewer years than his batterymate Motonobu Tanishige has been a professional baseball player.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2012
Ono chops Giants down to size
Second-year pitcher Yudai Ono was asked to go into a stadium in which he'd only won once, to face a team that'd beaten him up in his last two outings all while trying to help the Chunichi Dragons avoid a 2-0 deficit in the Central League Climax Series final stage.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2012
Lions star Nakajima keeps quiet about future
Everyone understood this was the end of the line for Hiroyuki Nakajima.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 17, 2012
Pena carries Hawks into next round
As Wily Mo Pena munched on a bowl of fruit on his way out of Seibu Dome, he tried to remember having a bigger hit than the one he had Monday against the Lions, a two-run double that accounted for the majority of his team's runs in the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' 3-2 win over the Seibu Lions in the decisive...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2012
Pena comes good to send Hawks into next round
Wily Mo Pena said he couldn't remember the last time he was in an elimination game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2012
Lions rout Hawks to even series
A number of Seibu Lions fans spent their time outside Seibu Dome looking into a television camera and imploring their team to get a win. The Lions' players weren't quite ready for the season to end yet either.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2012
Kishi gives Takeda a lesson in playoff baseball
Shota Takeda has all kinds of talent. At the tender age of 19, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks right-hander made 11 starts this season, winning eight and finishing the year with a 1.08 ERA.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2012
Morifuku stays calm in pressure-packed situation
Reliever Masahiko Morifuku made his first postseason appearance of the year in the ninth inning, with the bases loaded, nobody out, and his team clinging to a two-run lead in Game 1 of the first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2012
Settsu fires Hawks past Lions in playoff opener
Tadashi Settsu was a long way from Fukuoka, wearing his road uniform and standing on the mound in another team's stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2012
Defending champion Hawks begin title defense
After winning last season's Japan Series the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks lost their three best pitchers and an All-Star shortstop.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2012
Determined Swallows renew rivalry with playoff-tested Dragons
No matter what changes or how much time passes, it seems like the Chunichi Dragons find a way to make it into the Climax Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Oct 9, 2012
Marines' cowardice left Fujioka to face fans' ire
Seibu Lions fans weren't happy Saturday afternoon and they were letting Chiba Lotte Marines rookie pitcher Takahiro Fujioka feel the brunt of their vitriol.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2012
Giants catcher Abe rises above pack
Shinnosuke Abe perked up at the news the Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera had won the Triple Crown.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 30, 2012
Donoue, Dragons blank Swallows
The final regular-season meeting between the Chunichi Dragons and Tokyo Yakult Swallows was a largely uneventful affair.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 26, 2012
Ortiz hits go-ahead home run as Lions edge Eagles
Jose Ortiz spent the first part of this season playing in Mexico, where he said he wasn't really doing too well.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 25, 2012
Balentien at ease as race for CL home run crown heats up
As Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien went through his pregame stretching, he surveyed the field where the newly minted Central League champion Yomiuri Giants were wrapping up batting practice and barely suppressed a laugh while noting, "everything has gone right for them this year."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 24, 2012
Race for Pacific League crown likely going down to wire
The Yomiuri Giants wrapped up the Central League pennant last week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2012
Giants clinch 34th Central League pennant
For the last two years, the Yomiuri Giants have watched another team celebrate. Watched as another group of players paraded around the field clutching the Central League pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 18, 2012
Celebration of Kanemoto's career offers Tigers brief respite
For the next couple of weeks, the prevailing narrative of most Hanshin Tigers games will be the impending retirement of star outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2012
Sakamoto ignites Giants in comeback victory over archrival Tigers
This close to the prize, the Yomiuri Giants aren't about to let anyone slow their march toward the Central League pennant.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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