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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 / HIT AND RUN
Jun 26, 2012
Swallows not dwelling on disastrous interleague campaign
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows survived the interleague season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2012
Swallows' Barnette adapting to new role
In his two-plus seasons in Japan, Tony Barnette has gone from being a starter, to released, to re-signed, to a reliever, and finally a closer for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2012
Giants get back to basics in victory over Swallows
Tatsunori Hara's first game back at home since his scandal broke was uneventful.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 19, 2012
Yoshikawa, Otonari off to strong starts this year
So at what point does the other shoe drop for Mitsuo Yoshikawa and Kenji Otonari?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2012
Foreign players' message sometimes lost in translation
Foreign ballplayers in Japan have had their words misunderstood for as long as there have been foreign ballplayers in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2012
Gonzalez thrives after recent return to Giants
Edgar Gonzalez is back and he's hit the ground running.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 5, 2012
NPB may not have seen last no-no
Japanese baseball went five full seasons without a no-hitter until the Hiroshima Carp's Kenta Maeda threw one against the Yokohama BayStars April 6.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 4, 2012
Ramirez still learning, producing on baseball diamond
History has seen lots of baseball players play for long periods of time — Chunichi's Masahiro Yamamoto, in his 29th season, and Jamie Moyer, still pitching in the U.S. at age 49, to name a pair — but no one has yet figured out how to play forever.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 2, 2012
Sugiuchi usually at his best in month of May
Toshiya Sugiuchi is a former Pacific League MVP and Sawamura award winner and has been among NPB's elite pitchers for years.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2012
Nakata stars as Fighters beat Giants
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans who bought tickets for Monday night's game came hoping to see a good show.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 22, 2012
Sakaguchi injury latest blow for underperforming Buffaloes
Tomotaka Sakaguchi separated his shoulder making a catch, and the run still scored.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2012
Giants defeat Buffaloes
Hayato Sakamoto and the Yomiuri Giants might be finally hitting their stride. Which might be bad news for the Pacific League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2012
Marines edge Hawks in 11 on sac fly
Katsuya Kakunaka didn't look comfortable being on the hero interview. At the level he's playing right now, he had better get used to it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 12, 2012
Overuse could be a factor in Asao's drop in efficiency this season
Chunichi Dragons reliever Takuya Asao gave up an earned run against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows during the eighth inning of Thursday's game at Nagoya Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2012
Giants edge Carp on Kamei's homer
Between being hit in the face with a pitch and struggling at the plate early this year, it's safe to say Yoshiyuki Kamei's season hasn't been going well.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2012
Past experiences help Falkenborg thrive in new role
Brian Falkenborg stepped out of the dugout shadows and into the sunlight at QVC Marine Stadium and said he didn't expect it to be as warm as it was.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2012
Matsunaka lifts Hawks past Marines
The Chiba Lotte Marines couldn't come through for their pitcher again.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2012
Greisinger, Marines end Fighters' four-game winning streak
Seth Greisinger was back in his old stomping ground, but for all it mattered, he could've been on the moon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2012
Fernandez carries Eagles past Marines
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles squandered the first advantage Jose Fernandez gave them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 16, 2012
No changes to draft, posting system forthcoming says NPB commissioner
In October the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pulled off a minor shocker by drafting highly-touted Tokai University pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano.
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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