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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 20, 2008
Kawakami makes sure talking heads listen up
OSAKA — For the the first half of the season, most of the talk surrounding Chunichi Dragons pitcher Kenshin Kawakami involved a rumored move to a Major League Baseball club, injuries or a dismal showing in the Olympics.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2008
Tigers come roaring back
OSAKA — Playing with his team's season on the line, Takashi Toritani rose to the occasion.
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.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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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