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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 / HIT AND RUN
Jun 22, 2010
JPBPA needs to follow through on free agency proposals
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association (JPBPA) has a chance to do some good by proposing more changes to the free agency system.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 20, 2010
Blanco delivers bold reminder that dedication is key to success
Tony Blanco's game-tying home run to right field was the result of hard work during batting practice.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 19, 2010
Yomiuri's Utsumi hurls two-hit masterpiece
The only thing Tetsuya Utsumi had to worry about were a pair of errors made by teammate Michihiro Ogasawara.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2010
Inaba, teammates rough up Yakult's Tateyama
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' first hit was a home run.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 15, 2010
Intrepid Ruiz enjoying start to Eagles career
Randy Ruiz's career had already taken him to a myriad of places by the time he signed with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles earlier this month.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2010
Higashide, Otake ignite Carp to win over Lions
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Kan Otake might've been on the road, but it probably felt like a home game at times.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2010
Sikorski says flexibility key to his success in Japan
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — It's a wonder Brian Sikorski's arm hasn't fallen off by now.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2010
Eagles eyeing interleague bounce
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles would be happy to win the interleague title. So long as it helps get them back on track for the title they really want.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2010
Takahashi adjusting to new spot in order
It's easy for young ballplayers to take their youth for granted and envision themselves being on top of the world forever.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 8, 2010
Maeda giving Carp fans reason to cheer
The Hiroshima Carp don't have much going for them, but there's one good reason to take in a game at Mazda Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2010
Takahashi-led Giants rally past Fighters
Yoshinobu Takahashi taught the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters a harsh lesson on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2010
Giants' Sakamoto hits winning homer in 9th
One swing of Hayato Sakamoto's bat erased a week's worth of bad memories for the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2010
BayStars break out of slump, defeat Lions
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Yokohama BayStars finally found some offense.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 1, 2010
Fighters' hitters not getting job done for team or Darvish
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are getting what they paid for in terms of power numbers this season, which unfortunately for them isn't a whole lot.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 29, 2010
Swallows hope replacement manager Ogawa can turn things around
Shigeru Takada's departure from the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday leaves the struggling Central League team under the stewardship of head coach Junji Ogawa.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2010
Veteran Takahashi proves worth
At 35 years old, Yoshinobu Takahashi knows he can't race around the bases the way he used to for the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2010
Chono, Kamei ignite triumphant Giants during eighth-inning rally
The Yomiuri Giants media guide lists outfielder Hisayoshi Chono as a first-year player.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 25, 2010
Time ripe for slumping Swallows, Takada to part ways
The vote of confidence the Tokyo Yakult Swallows gave manager Shigeru Takada on Friday served only to underscore how much the team is in need of a new voice.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2010
Giants cruise past slumping Swallows
Yomiuri Giants captain Shinnosuke Abe wasn't in his normal spot behind the plate, but he still made a big difference for starting pitcher Dicky Gonzalez.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 4, 2010
Recent run of success gives BayStars glimmer of hope
While it's too early to proclaim the winds of change have swept over the suddenly surging Yokohama BayStars, for the first time in a long while, there's something in the air.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
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.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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