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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
Sep 2, 2012
Ota's versatility, productivity ignite Giants
Taishi Ota made up for lost time in his first game back from the farm team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 1, 2012
Giants' Koyama picks up first career victory
Neither Yuki Koyama nor Tokyo Dome existed in 1981, the year the Giants are currently celebrating with their throwback uniforms.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 28, 2012
Houlton feels good about '12 Giants
D.J. Houlton is dealing with a case of deja vu.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2012
NPB may have solution to WBC problem
Perhaps Nippon Professional Baseball has come up with something that will finally convince the Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association to reverse course and compete in the next World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 21, 2012
Takahashi's 300th homer bittersweet
Yoshinobu Takahashi looked more relieved than happy after his 300th home run. Many fans and observers had expected it to come earlier in his career, before later wondering if it would come at all. That helped give the moment feelings of both admiration and incompletion.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2012
Yokohama star Ramirez keeps family close to his heart
Alex Ramirez is dressed in his full uniform and standing a few feet in front of the Yokohama BayStars clubhouse, but baseball is the furthest thing from his mind right now.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2012
Takahashi slugs 300th homer in win over Carp
Injuries have plagued Yoshinobu Takahashi for much of what was once a promising career with the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 24, 2012
Abe, Matsuda stand out among NPB players
With another NPB All-Star Series in the books, Japanese baseball shifts its attention back to the pennant races in the Central and Pacific Leagues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 22, 2012
Yokohama's Miura values long tenure with BayStars
Daisuke Miura didn't really take to being called "Hama no Bancho" initially.
BASEBALL
Jul 21, 2012
JPBPA unanimously votes to boycott WBC
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association decided against participating in the next edition of the World Baseball Classic during a meeting on Friday in Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 17, 2012
Nakahata's BayStars need results to go with new attitude
After batting practice prior to a game against the Hiroshima Carp, Yokohama BayStars manager Kiyoshi Nakahata walked past a throng of fan club members on his way to the clubhouse.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2012
Chono slugs Giants past Carp
Hisayoshi Chono gave the Hiroshima Carp and pitcher Keisuke Imai an early warning that Thursday just wasn't going to be their night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2012
BayStars cruise past Swallows
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Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 10, 2012
Milledge coming through for Swallows after being moved to leadoff spot
Lastings Milledge nearly put a ball into orbit against the Chunichi Dragons on a cool night at half-full (at best) Jingu Stadium last Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 8, 2012
Balentien having a blast during second season in Japan
Wladimir Balentien's cousins began calling him "Coco" when he was 4-years old, because it was easier to say than his name, and the moniker stuck.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2012
Early outburst ignites Giants in series opener against Tigers
The Yomiuri Giants must have had somewhere to be after their game on Friday night. Because they didn't waste any time putting the Hanshin Tigers away.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2012
Swallows pound Dragons
Lastings Milledge ended his home-run trot with a salsa dance in front of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dugout.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 2, 2012
Blanco has last laugh, garners CL All-Star nod
After last season's Japan Series, there were questions about whether or not Tony Blanco would be back with the Chunichi Dragons this year. When the club signed veteran first baseman Takeshi Yamasaki, who spent years starring for other teams after coming up in the Dragons' system, many wondered how much...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2012
Kato showed strong leadership in introducing new ball, Mizuno says
Kim Yu Na played a huge role in securing the 2018 Winter Olympics for Pyeongchang, South Korea, last year. Prior to that, David Beckham helped do the same for London, which will host this year's Summer Games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2012
Sugiuchi wins ninth as Giants close in on first
The Yomiuri Giants are so close to first place, they can smell it.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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