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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
Apr 15, 2012
Kato says NPB must work to keep stars
Between Game 7 of the 2011 Japan Series and Opening Day of the 2012 season, five players left Japan to play in MLB.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2012
Opportunistic Dragons force tie against Giants
Ryosuke Hirata represented the Chunichi Dragons' last line of defense as he scooped up Shunichi Murata's two-out ninth-inning single in right field, as Takahiro Suzuki rounded third with his sights set on scoring the winning run for the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2012
Takeda blanks punchless Marines as Fighters notch third straight victory
Masaru Takeda gave the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters everything he had. In the ninth inning, they finally gave him a helping hand.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2012
Iron-man Murton taking no chances with injury
Missing games isn't something Matt Murton is used to doing. The 30-year-old outfielder has proven to be remarkably durable over the course of his career, so it was odd to not see him on the field for the first three games of the Hanshin Tigers' season because of a strained hamstring.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2012
Brazell hands spotlight to Ando as Tigers down Swallows
Craig Brazell certainly earned the right to share the stage with teammate Yuya Ando, he just didn't feel up to it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2012
Aggressive Ishikawa impressive in opener
The 2012 NPB season opened Friday and it wasn't bereft of a little bit drama on Opening Day. The fans at Tokyo Dome nearly saw a bit of history as Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa flirted with the first no-hitter in Opening Day history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2012
Swallows' Ishikawa stifles Giants in opener
Masanori Ishikawa often makes runs hard to come by. On this night, the Yomiuri Giants should feel fortunate to even have gotten on base.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 30, 2012
Cespedes, Colon help A's bounce back
Before Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes arrived in MLB, his highlight video made the rounds, showing the outfielder hitting homers, lifting weights and, oddly enough, standing beside a pig roasting on a spit.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 30, 2012
For Kawasaki, new challenge provides fun experience
Munenori Kawasaki had it all in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 30, 2012
Fire in veteran Miyamoto still burning strong
There were a handful of NPB players in their 40s last season, and they performed at varying states of effectiveness.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2012
Ceremonial first pitches shine spotlight on people affected by 3/11
The four people who threw out the first pitch prior to the first game of the MLB season each came from a different walk of life, before a terrible tragedy brought them together.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2012
Fighters keen to emerge from Darvish's shadow
An enterprising bookie could probably make a killing taking wagers on what will be bigger this year: the number of reporters covering Yu Darvish or the number assigned to his former team, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 29, 2012
Mariners defeat A's in 11th
Ichiro Suzuki was the center of attention from the time the Seattle Mariners arrived in Japan.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 27, 2012
Miyaguni makes most of his chance to face A's
The nerves began to kick in shortly after Ryosuke Miyaguni's first pitch to Jemile Weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2012
Iwakuma shaky as Giants beat Mariners
This probably wasn't quite the homecoming Hisashi Iwakuma envisioned when he returned to Japan as a member of the Seattle Mariners.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2012
Kawasaki's personality winning over Mariners
Without his familiar jet-black hair, Munenori Kawasaki looked more like a high schooler than a major leaguer as he sat between Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge and catcher Miguel Olivo.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2012 BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 26, 2012
Giants favored in Central League
Capsules in order of predicted finish
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2012 BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 26, 2012
Lions set to roar in '12
Capsules in order of predicted finish
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2012 BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 26, 2012
Players still split about ball's effect on offense
It would be an understatement just to say there was a decline in offense in Japanese baseball last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2012 BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 26, 2012
Yankees fiasco hasn't altered Nakajima's outlook
A bemused smile played across Hiroyuki Nakajima's lips as he entered a suite in the upper reaches of Seibu Dome.
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.
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.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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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