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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 / 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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2008
Valentine ready to lead Japan's WBC team if asked
CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines manger Bobby Valentine has won a Japan Series and managed in a World Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 5, 2008
Imae keeps Chiba fires burning as Marines tame league-leading Lions
CHIBA — Despite sitting fifth in the Pacific League standings, there's a lot of fight left in the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2008
Watanabe continues strong stretch for M's
The Seibu Lions have used one of baseball's most potent offenses to build a nearly insurmountable lead in the Pacific League and establish themselves as an early favorite to reach the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2008
Valentine: Marines official asked me to resign in late July
CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine revealed to a small gathering of reporters on Tuesday that in late July he was asked to resign by someone in the Lotte front office.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2008
Giants' Uehara returns to rotation with a win
Koji Uehara returned to the Yomiuri Giants' starting rotation against the Yokohama BayStars on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2008
Abe eases back into the groove
It didn't take Shinnosuke Abe long to get back into the swing of things.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 26, 2008
Beijing exit must spur bout of soul-searching
The fall was as stunning as it was quick.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 26, 2008
Furuki gives late Giants last laugh
If nothing else, the Yomiuri Giants sure have a flair for the dramatic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM
Aug 10, 2008
Japan routed by CL squad in final tuneup
Japan's final Olympic tuneup featured a team that put on a gold medal-worthy performance both at the plate and on the mound on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM
Aug 9, 2008
Japan barely wins in Olympic tuneup
The Japan national team did just enough to get a win on Friday night. It'll probably take a lot more to bring home the gold in Beijing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM
Aug 5, 2008
'Hoshino Japan' shakes off injury concerns as preparations heat up
The Olympics haven't started yet, but "Hoshino Japan" has already dodged a bullet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 2, 2008
Uchikawa sparks CL to All-Star win
YOKOHAMA — There were fireworks going off during the second game of the NPB All-Star Series on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 2, 2008
Serious Ochiai enjoys rare chance to joke around
YOKOHAMA — Hiroshima Carp veteran Tomonori Maeda was returning to the dugout after fielding practice before the second game of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series on Friday at Yokohama Stadium when Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai decided it was time to have some fun.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2008
Yamasaki provides late-game heroics
OSAKA — Entering the bottom of the ninth of the first game in the NPB All-Star Series, it was pretty much a given the game's MVP would be a 40-year-old veteran.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2008
Rhodes, Sato share All-Star home run derby title
Four of baseball's top sluggers — Tuffy Rhodes of the Orix Buffaloes, Tomoaki Kanemoto of the Hanshin Tigers, G.G. Sato from the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants outfielder Alex Ramirez — competed in a home run derby before the first game of Nippon Professional Baseball's All-Star Series on Thursday....
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 31, 2008
Ogasawara, Ramirez form devastating duo for second-place Giants
When things looked bleak for the Yomiuri Giants earlier this season, Alex Ramirez almost single-handedly kept the Kyojin afloat.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 27, 2008
Giants make up deficit to race past sorry Swallows
The Yomiuri Giants played small ball to get back into their game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They made things simple and just hit the ball over the fence when they were ready to win it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 26, 2008
Darvish poised for spotlight at Olympics
Cuba beat Japan 4-0 in the final of the 2004 World Junior Baseball Championships, resulting in the Japanese starter that day ending the tournament 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA.
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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