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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
Oct 19, 2008
Dragons tame Tigers when it really counts
OSAKA — Almost one week ago the Hanshin Tigers cruised by the Chunichi Dragons in a meaningless contest.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 17, 2008
Hot Fighters poised for battle with Lions
The Seibu Lions bounced back from their worst season in more than two decades last season with a Pacific League championship this season. They had no equal at the plate in the Pa League this year and are ready to roar in the second stage of the PL Climax Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2008
Fighters find ways to get job done
OSAKA — Lately, it seems for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2008
Fighters sweep Orix
OSAKA — Orix Buffaloes manager Daijiro Oishi jokingly mentioned that he'd eaten ham for breakfast before Game 2 of the Pacific League Climax Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2008
Fujii returns to Dome for postseason victory
OSAKA — Shugo Fujii delivered another solid postseason outing in Kyocera Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2008
Ace Darvish holds Orix at arm's length
OSAKA — Spot Yu Darvish a run and more times than not he's going to win. Give him a couple more and it's pretty much academic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 11, 2008
Buffs, Fighters ready for PL Climax Series showdown
The first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series matches two teams that will contest strength against strength to decide which team will advance to face the Seibu Lions in the second stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2008
Giants claim sole lead in CL
For the Yomiuri Giants, in the big moment, nobody comes up bigger than "Big Daddy."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 4, 2008
Watanabe tames PL in first season at helm
Earlier this season Seibu Lions second baseman Yasuyuki Kataoka donned a Spiderman mask and entertained the crowd before his hero interview after hitting a "sayonara" home run off Hokkaido Nippon Ham's Yu Darvish.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2008
Otake gets better of Sato to keep Carp in hunt
The Hiroshima Carp were in desperate need of a win and Kan Otake gave them one.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2008
Ishikawa tosses seven-hitter, puts dent in Carp's postseason plans
Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa probably won't be playing in the postseason this year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 28, 2008
Shimizu shines in Marines' win
CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines gave Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh, a video tribute, flowers and a hero's sendoff to celebrate his last visit to Chiba Marine Stadium. The win, however, they kept for themselves.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 27, 2008
Carp knocking on playoff door
The J. League's Sanfrecce Hiroshima and manager Mihailo Petrovic got the good times rolling in Hiroshima by leading the second-division club to a promotion-clinching win on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2008
Giants muscle in on Tigers' lead
The Hanshin Tigers have spent virtually the entire season alone in first place in the Central League
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 21, 2008
Hot-hitting Giants win ninth in a row
The Hanshin Tigers' 76 wins this season suggest the Osaka club is the best team in the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2008
Sakamoto delivers big-time production for Giants in win over Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants met Friday in the first game of the biggest series thus far of the 2008 season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 19, 2008
Tigers have easier path down stretch
Not too long ago the Hanshin Tigers were running away with the Central League race.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2008
Abe lifts Giants over Swallows in slugfest
The Yomiuri Giants hit a home run in their first at-bat and the runs just kept on coming.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 14, 2008
Buffs flexing muscles as stretch run begins
The Big Boys have finally arrived in Kobe.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 12, 2008
Stellar in Sendai: Iwakuma bright spot for lowly Eagles
While the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have faded out of contention during the second half of the season, Hisashi Iwakuma has continued to establish himself as the top pitcher in Japanese baseball.
High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October
The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106
Masamitsu Yoshioka in 2023, when he was 105
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.
Japanese baseball fans flock to LA to see playoff-bound Ohtani
A giant mural of Shohei Ohtani on the side of a hotel in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles
The furry performance-enhancers that are sweeping the world of sports
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Dekopin, who delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game against the Orioles on Aug. 28
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
Walking through Tokyo's varied neighborhoods and the sub-communities within them can be the best way for a tourist, even one with limited time, to take the city in.
Japan’s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
Bourgeois is perhaps best known among the general public for her giant steel spider sculptures, particularly in Tokyo, where a nearly 10-meter tall bronze cast of the original spider has loomed over the walkway in Roppongi Hills since 2003.
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.

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