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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.
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Dec 18, 2012
Seagulls beat Deers for third straight X Bowl title
When the bright lights are shining, no X League club rises to the occasion quite like the Obic Seagulls.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Dec 11, 2012
Kuriyama's approach helped Fighters change Otani's mind
Hideki Kuriyama is a man who thought it was good luck that he happened to see a fox on his way home from Sapporo Dome after Game 3 of the Japan Series, although maybe it was, the Fighters won 1-0 on a sayonara single in Game 4.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 9, 2012
Eagles linked with swoop for star Jones
A number of former major leaguers have signed with Japanese teams this offseason, but they pale in comparison to the star the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles may have lured to Sendai.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2012
Granderson sharing passion for baseball on tour of Asia
Curtis Granderson doesn't have to be here. He's got money; he's got fame; he's been an MLB All-Star three times; and, well, he's a New York Yankee.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 5, 2012
Samurai Japan unveils preliminary roster for 2013 WBC
Two-time defending World Baseball Classic champion Japan has released its preliminary roster for the 2013 edition of the tournament, and as expected manager Koji Yamamoto will be relying on a young, domestic-based squad as he attempts to guide Samurai Japan to a third consecutive title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Dec 4, 2012
NPB players should speak out about posting system
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association showed rare backbone two years ago when, in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the players banded together and succeeded in getting the start of the season pushed back as the nation dealt with the disaster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 27, 2012
Yoshikawa's MVP award puts pitcher in elite company
Last week, pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa became the first Pacific League MVP winner from the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters since 2009.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 23, 2012
New mental approach led to banner season, Yoshikawa admits
Mitsuo Yoshikawa didn't just come out of nowhere this season. That would be putting it too simply. Try nowhere taken to a whole new obscure level, then go even further. Somewhere on the outskirts of that is where you'd find Yoshikawa.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 22, 2012
Abe, Yoshikawa garner 2012 MVP honors
In a year that will be remembered for the huge triumphs by the Giants of both NPB and MLB, Yomiuri catcher Shinnosuke Abe finally won the big prize.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 20, 2012
Japan gave Yamamoto something to build on against Cuba
Koji Yamamoto made it through his first two games in charge of the Japan national team with a pair of victories against Cuba, the world's top-ranked baseball team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 13, 2012
New faces should have opportunity to shine for Japan in WBC
Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki and Texas Rangers reliever Akinori Otsuka were the lone major leaguers on the roster when Japan won the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Nov 11, 2012
WBC squad may be hurting for top-line pitching
Japan manager Koji Yamamoto said his World Baseball Classic team would mirror previous Japan squads and be built around pitching and defense.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 6, 2012
Newly crowned Japan Series champs just getting started
Good luck beating these Giants next year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2012
Giants' focus pays off in Japan Series
The Yomiuri Giants began the season by falling flat on their faces and languishing in the lower reaches of the standings for the first few weeks of the year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2012
Title gives Abe perfect ending to 2012
After the season Shinnosuke Abe had, any other ending would've a felt a little empty.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 4, 2012
Giants capture Japan Series title
Shinnosuke Abe led the Yomiuri Giants to the Central League pennant, nearly won the Triple Crown, and will more than likely be named CL MVP in a few weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2012
Game 5 marred by mistaken HBP call, Tadano ejection
For a few tense seconds it looked like Ken Kato had been hit in the head by a pitch.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2012
Giants crush Fighters, take 3-2 lead in Japan Series
John Bowker kept his torrid postseason run going, and Tetsuya Utsumi turned in another ace-worthy performance in game that was far more eventful than even the lopsided final score suggested.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2012
Kuriyama's handling of pitching staff pays off
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama faced the type of decision that can decide championships during Game 4 of the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2012
Fighters even Japan Series 2-2 with win in 12th
Through out after out and missed opportunity after missed opportunity, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' resolve never wavered.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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