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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 29, 2011
Kitagawa guides Buffaloes to win over Marines
After two embarrassing days, the Orix Buffaloes finally got something to go their way against the Chiba Lotte Marines
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 25, 2011
Kanto-area teams take hit at gate
As Japanese baseball heads into the third week of the 2011 season, the effects of the ban on night games has been felt by three Kanto-based franchises, the Chiba Lotte Marines, Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 22, 2011
Swallows' Tateyama hurls five-hit shutout
Wladimir Balentien got hit in the face with a shaving cream pie during his hero interview.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2011
Hatakeyama, Ishikawa lift Swallows past Dragons
Tuesday turned out to be unexpectedly cool in Japan's capital city, but the Tokyo Yakult Swallows may have finally started to heat up.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 19, 2011
Foreign quartet make their presence felt on mound in NPB's first week
The NPB's first week produced a number of story lines, such as Yuki Saito's debut with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Yokohama BayStars slugger Terrmel Sledge's red-hot start and Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi's flirtation with a no-hitter.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 18, 2011
Sledge leading charge for surprise-package BayStars
The Yokohama BayStars lost 95 games last season and it seemed like everybody in Japanese baseball got their licks in against the struggling team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2011
Late rally helps BayStars earn tie against Swallows
The newly supercharged Yokohama BayStars were staging another rally at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2011
Penn earns win as Marines avoid sweep in season-opening series
Hayden Penn made sure a pair of early runs didn't ruin his first start of the season. He also made sure the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles didn't leave QVC Marine Field with a season-opening three-game sweep.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2011
Eagles' Speier humbled by tough 2010 season
Given the circumstances, the majority of baseball fans — the notable exception being Chiba Lotte Marines supporters — around the nation were probably rooting for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to win their first game of the season on Tuesday so as to instill some sense of joy in the disaster-hit...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2011
Eagles triumph in dramatic opener
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles wanted to win this game. They wanted to win for themselves, but mostly they wanted to win in order to give their fans in Tohoku a little something to feel good about.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2011
Matsui, Rakuten want to be positive force this season
Kazuo Matsui saw firsthand the damage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami when he and the rest of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles visited Sendai on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2011
Tigers ready to make run at title
The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming NPB season. Team-by-team previews of the six Central League clubs are in order of predicted finish.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 12, 2011
Japanese baseball finally ready to get season under way
"Gambaro Tohoku.''
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2011
Hawks poised to take flight in '11
The following is the first of a two-part preview for the upcoming NPB season. Team-by-team previews of the six Pacific League clubs are in order of predicted finish.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 10, 2011
Bannister in no man's land after move by Giants
Brian Bannister may not pitch a single regular-season inning for the Yomiuri Giants this year.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 5, 2011
Swallows could have what it takes to challenge CL's Big Three in '11
Norichika Aoki led Japanese baseball with a .358 batting average and turned out the second most single-season hits (209) in Central League history last year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2011
NPB unites for common cause on field
Jingu Stadium was alive for the first time in weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2011
Athletics showing commitment to Japan
Oakland Athletics slugger Hideki Matsui and Seattle Mariners superstar Ichiro Suzuki, have already contributed to the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. With the help of the A's, they'll be able to do a little more.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 29, 2011
Arai plays vital role in helping baseball do right thing
Years from now, when fans look back at the 2011 NPB season, it should be noted somewhere that Hanshin Tigers third baseman Takahiro Arai's biggest hit came before the season, when the Central League finally relented and shifted its season openers to April 12.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2011
Ramirez to salute disaster victims after HRs
Alex Ramirez's generally jovial, gregarious disposition sometimes makes it easy to forget there's a more serious side to the Yomiuri Giants star.
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.
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.
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.”
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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