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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
Feb 24, 2009
Darvish, young pitchers set to play vital role in WBC title defense
Established pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hisashi Iwakuma will lead defending champion Samurai Japan into the World Baseball Classic, but a host of young arms may end up deciding the nation's place in the baseball world.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 23, 2009
Schiller not letting steroid issue damage fight to get baseball in Games
As bad as the steroid issue has been over the past several years, International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller thinks he can see the light.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 20, 2009
Schiller works to keep baseball on world stage
As Major League Baseball struggles to decide how to punish players who take performance-enhancing drugs, International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller made his opinion on the matter loud and clear as it pertains to the upcoming World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Feb 18, 2009
A-Rod's admission could hurt game on world stage
Less than a month after a thrilling Super Bowl all eyes are again on Tampa, Fla.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 16, 2009
Tigers, Hawks busy breaking in new skippers during spring training
With spring training under way, fans in Osaka and Fukuoka are watching closely as their teams undergo a change.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 25, 2009
Iwakuma hopes to help Japan retain WBC title
In the midst of the greatest individual season of his career, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma was left off Japan's Olympic roster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 17, 2009
Fukumoto blazed quite a trail on bases before Rickey came along
Before the self-proclaimed (and arguably rightly so) "greatest of all time" and new MLB Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson was redefining the way leadoff hitters would be viewed, the Hankyu Braves' Yutaka Fukumoto was helping to set the standard.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 11, 2009
Offseason moves give BayStars hope for 2009
For a team that couldn't do anything right during the season, things sure seem to be going well for the Yokohama BayStars this offseason.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 10, 2009
Pitching in Camden Yards will be a real challenge for Uehara
Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Koji Uehara made his major league aspirations known early on.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 22, 2008
WBC organizers happy with event's progress
There's talk of revenge ahead of the 2009 World Baseball Classic and it's music to the organizers' ears.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Dec 16, 2008
Ichiro, Dice-K headline Japan WBC candidates
Major League Baseball stars Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka headline a host of players revealed as the primary candidates to play for Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, it was announced on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 7, 2008
Miura's decision to remain with struggling BayStars admirable
The Yokohama BayStars reached the Nippon Professional Baseball summit in 1998 behind 12-game winner Daisuke Miura.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 5, 2008
Spirits with Koga as she claimed JLPGA money title
Miho Koga was finally able to break through.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 22, 2008
Wakamatsu makes history, but faces tough job ahead
The Seattle Mariners are hoping they made a big splash with the hiring of Major League Baseball's first Asian American manager Don Wakamatsu.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 22, 2008
Iwakuma, Ramirez earn MVP honors
Hisashi Iwakuma gave the Tohoku Rakuten faithful something to smile about and Yomiuri's Alex Ramirez received a well-deserved consolation prize as Nippon Professional Baseball announced its MVP award winners at a Tokyo hotel on Friday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 17, 2008
Asia falls to mighty Lions
The Uni-President Lions kept the Seibu Lions caged for 8 2/3 innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2008
Lions let rip in Asian rout
The Seibu Lions didn't need any clutch performances or dramatic comebacks on the third day of the Asian Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2008
Kishi, timely hits lift Seibu
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions proved that Seibu Lions pitcher Takayuki Kishi can be scored upon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2008
KBO champions defeat Seibu
The SK Wyverns came to this year's Asia Series to take care of some unfinished business.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2008
Lions prepare for trip into uncharted waters
The Seibu Lions and SK Wyverns went through the final preparations for their matchup in the 2008 edition of the Asia Series during a pair of brief practices on Wednesday at Tokyo Dome.
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.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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