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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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 2, 2011
Asao, Uchikawa win league MVP awards
Chunichi Dragons reliever Takuya Asao and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks outfielder Seiichi Uchikawa had the same reaction to being named MVP of their respective leagues.
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Nov 30, 2011
Jackson relishing return to Japan for UFC bout with Bader
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson could only smile as a translator struggled to convert something he'd said into Japanese. He tried to explain it twice before giving up, shaking his head and laughing.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2011
Ochiai bows out after eight years in charge of Dragons
There was no secret that Hiromitsu Ochiai's days as the Chunichi Dragons manager were numbered. The team had, after all, announced in September it would not renew his contract after the season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 21, 2011
Hawks capture 2011 title
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks had been waiting for this for years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 20, 2011
Dragons edge Hawks; series tied 3-3
Standing on the brink of elimination, the Chunichi Dragons couldn't afford to lose.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 19, 2011
Hawks look to Wada to close out Japan Series at home
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks second baseman Yuichi Honda will celebrate his 27th birthday on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 18, 2011
Pitching carries Hawks to third straight win
For three nights, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were extremely rude house guests to the Chunichi Dragons.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 18, 2011
Bullpens are invaluable part of game in low-scoring series
When all is said and done, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons may look back at the sixth inning of Game 4 as the turning point in the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 17, 2011
Hawks beat Dragons, extend series to at least six games
The Japan Series has gone from a best-of-seven to a best-of-three.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 17, 2011
Slump frustrates batting champ Uchikawa in Japanese Fall Classic
As soon as wood met rawhide, Seiichi Uchikawa sped out of the batter's box. He struck the ball well, and it had to be a relief, as he watched it sail to wall in center field, to finally have something go right at the plate.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2011
Houlton excited to pitch in Japan Series spotlight
D.J. Houlton isn't feeling any pressure ahead of his Japan Series debut. It's the waiting that's the hardest part.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2011
Hawks show mettle with Game 3 win
After losses in the first two games of the Japan Series, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks captain Hiroki Kokubo told reporters, "we're not dead yet."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2011
Dragons take Game 2, halfway to the series title
The Chunichi Dragons just don't know how to do anything the easy way. Which is a bit ironic, since their path to the Japan Series title just got a whole lot clearer.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2011
One mistake proves costly for Softbank's Wada
If circumstances conspire to make this Tsuyoshi Wada's last start in a Fukuoka Softbank Hawks uniform, he'll leave with mixed feelings.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2011
Dragons' Koike smacks game-winning blast in 10th
Masaaki Koike didn't get all of Takahiro Mahara's forkball in the 10th inning, but he got enough it. And that's all the Chunichi Dragons needed.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 12, 2011
Dragons stand between Hawks and Japan Series glory
A long strange season has come to its final bend as the Japan Series prepares to decide NPB's top team.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2011
Hawks looking to atone for past against Lions
A year ago, all that stood between the Pacific League champion Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and a trip to the Japan Series was the third-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 2, 2011
Unlikely trio in spotlight as Swallows reach CLCS second stage
Katsuki Akagawa, Ryoji Aikawa and Ryosuke Morioka stood on the podium near home plate as the cheers of Tokyo Yakult supporters rang out through the night air at Jingu Stadium on Monday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2011
Pennant-winning Dragons face stiff test from Swallows in second stage
In what's quickly becoming a rite of winter, the Chunichi Dragons are in the final stage of the Central League Climax Series, which was introduced in 2007.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2011
Akagawa belies years as Swallows advance
The youngest player on the team had the ball in his hands for the most important game of the year for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Nikkei plunges in third-biggest daily loss ever amid Trump tariff concerns
Pedestrians stand in front of an electronic board showing the numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in the Japanese capital on Monday.
Ride-hailing services spreading in Japan
Vehicles used for ride-hailing services in the city of Kiryu, in Gunma Prefecture
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
'Hang tough, it won't be easy': Trump defiant on tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks to deliver remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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