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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 / HIT AND RUN
Feb 7, 2015
Dice-K could face rocky transition
Video of Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching in the bullpen on Thursday, posted online by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, revealed nothing spectacular or particularly revelatory. If anything, Matsuzaka resembled the pitcher he's always been.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 31, 2015
Ichiro's move to Marlins can generate results for both
Ichiro Suzuki's introductory news conference with the Miami Marlins was held at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday, in a large room filled with media members — no fewer than 20 television crews, dozens more photographers and even more writers. There was an MC on hand to push the proceedings forward, and the...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 29, 2015
Marlins glad to add Ichiro
Ichiro Suzuki sipped green tea, elicited a few laughs and turned the tables on a media member with three questions of his own during his introductory news conference with the Miami Marlins.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 23, 2015
Former catcher Furuta voted into Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
When bespectacled catcher Atsuya Furuta was ready to set out on a professional baseball career, he was told by many that pro ballplayers don't wear glasses.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 19, 2015
Japan to co-host Premier 12 baseball world tourney
Japan was the first-ever champion of the World Baseball Classic, lifting the championship trophy on foreign soil in 2006. If Samurai Japan repeats the feat at the inaugural Premier 12, the Japanese will get to do all their celebrating at home.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 17, 2015
Abe leaves big shoes to fill at catcher's spot in lineup
A few seasons ago, in 2012, the Yomiuri Giants won the Japan Series just a few days after the San Francisco Giants clinched the World Series title. While the two teams already shared a nickname and color scheme, it was the first time they'd reached the pinnacle of their respective leagues in the same...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 12, 2015
Fighters' Saito braces for vital year
Yuki Saito is hard at work in Chiba, at Kamagaya Stadium, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' ni-gun base, these days. He's busy preparing for the upcoming season, which might turn out to be a pivotal one for the star pitcher.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 10, 2015
Toritani may have thrived in majors
Two seasons ago, when it was thought Takashi Toritani was considering a move to MLB, many of the Pacific Rim scouts coming in and out of Japan were mostly lukewarm about his MLB prospects. They may had been fooled into thinking he was on a sharp decline by a decent, but un-Toritani-like year in 2011...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Dec 20, 2014
Little sizzle found during NPB winter
Where will Chihiro Kaneko and Takashi Toritani be playing next season?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 17, 2014
Jeter, Matsui coming together to aid Tohoku children
Retired New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui are teaming up once again, this time in support of children in the Tohoku region.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2014
Kaneko, Sugano claim MVP awards
Chihiro Kaneko put up big numbers last season, but was largely out of the spotlight when it was time to give out awards. This time around, the Orix Buffaloes ace was one of the main attractions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 22, 2014
Konami's winning take on 'the beautiful game'
Soccer, more than any other sport, is the world's game. Played by millions, it is unquestionably the most popular sport on the planet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 22, 2014
Dueling goals drove Samurai Japan
One way of looking at Samurai Japan's victory in the MLB-Japan All-Star Series is from the point of view that the Japanese team proved once again it could hold its own against the major leaguers.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 17, 2014
Impressive Otani to get another shot at MLB hitters
When it comes to Shohei Otani, the idea of him one day playing in the major leagues is often discussed with an assuredness that implies most believe a move to the majors is a matter of when, not if. Otani got that ball rolling himself by boldly declaring he was going to MLB straight out of high school,...
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014
MLB offense rebounds in Game 4, triumphs over Japan
The MLB All-Stars can't win their series against Samurai Japan but that doesn't mean they can't go down swinging.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014
Cano sustains fractured toe, done for series
The MLB-Japan All-Star Series show will go on, but it'll be without its leading man.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014
Infielders Kikuchi, Escobar showcase defensive skills in MLB-Japan All-Star Series
One thing an event like the MLB-Japan All-Star Series does is allow fans to ask the question, what if? What if this NPBer or that NPBer was in the major leagues and vice versa.
BASEBALL
Nov 15, 2014
Norimoto, three relievers toss combined no-hitter against MLB All-Stars
Takahiro Norimoto didn't have any problems during his matchup against a lineup of major league hitters. Yuki Nishi didn't have many either, nor did Kazuhisa Makita or even Yuji Nishino.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 15, 2014
Wada proud to represent MLB
Tsuyoshi Wada entered Game 2 of the MLB-Japan All-Star Series on Friday night at Tokyo Dome to the strains of Tom Petty's 1989 hit "Free Fallin'," which was serving as the de facto soundtrack to Rob Wooten's exit from the game after having given up a run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 15, 2014
Hall of Famer Winfield impressed by Otani's versatility
When Dave Winfield was drafted by the San Diego Padres in 1973, it was as a pitcher. When he entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, it was because of his career as a batter and outfielder. He briefly played both positions in college, and when he looks at the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' Shohei Otani...
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Nikkei plunges in third-biggest daily loss ever amid Trump tariff concerns
Pedestrians stand in front of an electronic board showing the numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in the Japanese capital on Monday.
Ride-hailing services spreading in Japan
Vehicles used for ride-hailing services in the city of Kiryu, in Gunma Prefecture
Taiwan eyes zero tariffs with U.S., pledges more investment
Kids view the area from a lookout point over cranes and containers at the Port of Keelung, Taiwan, on Thursday.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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.

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