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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 / HIT AND RUN
Apr 20, 2010
Streak's end could signal new beginning for Kanemoto
As he had done for the past eight years, Tomoaki Kanemoto arrived at the stadium on Sunday, put on an ash gray Hanshin Tigers road uniform, laced up his spikes, grabbed his hat and went about his preparations to play the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2010
Tigers stage dramatic comeback against Giants
The Hanshin Tigers were rude hosts to Shugo Fujii when they faced him a week ago.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 13, 2010
Improved pitching helps power Marines' surprising start
The season is young, but it's hard to dismiss what the Chiba Lotte Marines are doing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2010
NPB commissioner Kato has big plans for game
Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato has a vision for Japanese baseball that stretches far beyond the nation's borders.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 10, 2010
Yoshimi, red-hot Dragons defeat rival Giants in series opener
Kazuki Yoshimi was running on fumes when the Yomiuri Giants began chipping away at his lead.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2010
Amaya's sensational defense, clutch bat carry Carp past Swallows
Soichiro Amaya made a pair of diving plays in center field to prevent the Tokyo Yakult Swallows from driving in a go-ahead run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 6, 2010
Steady play needed from mercurial Sato
A pretty good pitcher will toss a great game on occasion. The elite hurlers are the ones who make a habit out of it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2010
Kawamoto's clutch homer ends wild game
There wasn't a lot of quality pitching on Saturday, but the Yokohama BayStars and Tokyo Yakult Swallows put on one heck of a show at the plate.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2010
Valdez gets win on Dragons debut
The beginning of Chunichi Dragons pitcher Edward Valdez's first game in Japan went all wrong. Thanks to teammate Masaaki Koike, the ending was just right.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2010
Red-hot Buffaloes top Itokazu, Nippon Ham
A number of players made contributions to the Orix Buffaloes' victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 30, 2010
Time ripe for Fighters, Eagles to make moves in bullpen
There are fewer things more frustrating to baseball managers, players and fans than watching a lead slip away in the ninth inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2010
D'Antona, Sato carry Swallows past Giants
Jamie D'Antona finally gave himself something to hang his hat on at Tokyo Dome with a home run in the third inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2010
Utsumi stymies Swallows; Giants win season opener
The Yomiuri Giants began the first night of the Central League season with a celebration and they weren't about to let the Tokyo Yakult Swallows spoil their fun.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2010
Giants looking to hold off CL teams
The Yomiuri Giants have been the Central League's top team for three years running.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2010
No regrets for Ogasawara three years after Giant leap
There are some who live by the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2010 CENTRAL LEAGUE PREVIEW
Mar 25, 2010
Dragons ready to rain fire on rivals
The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming Nippon Professional Baseball season. Team-by-team previews of the six Central League clubs are listed in order of predicted finish.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 24, 2010
Home runs could turn fun-loving Lions into a dancing machine
Dee Brown has the Saitama Seibu Lions partying like rock stars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 23, 2010
Central League's bottom three out to shake up status quo
The Central League race was mostly a bore last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2010
Reigning MVP Ramirez sets sights on producing even better season
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Alex Ramirez led the Central League with a .322 batting average, hit 31 homers and drove in 103 runs last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2010
Seventh-inning rally sparks Lions in PL opener
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Saitama Seibu Lions failed to accomplish their goal of scoring early during the first game of the season.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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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