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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
Nov 18, 2011
Pitching carries Hawks to third straight win
For three nights, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks were extremely rude house guests to the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 18, 2011
Bullpens are invaluable part of game in low-scoring series
When all is said and done, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons may look back at the sixth inning of Game 4 as the turning point in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 17, 2011
Hawks beat Dragons, extend series to at least six games
The Japan Series has gone from a best-of-seven to a best-of-three.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 17, 2011
Slump frustrates batting champ Uchikawa in Japanese Fall Classic
As soon as wood met rawhide, Seiichi Uchikawa sped out of the batter's box. He struck the ball well, and it had to be a relief, as he watched it sail to wall in center field, to finally have something go right at the plate.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2011
Houlton excited to pitch in Japan Series spotlight
D.J. Houlton isn't feeling any pressure ahead of his Japan Series debut. It's the waiting that's the hardest part.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2011
Hawks show mettle with Game 3 win
After losses in the first two games of the Japan Series, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks captain Hiroki Kokubo told reporters, "we're not dead yet."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2011
Dragons take Game 2, halfway to the series title
The Chunichi Dragons just don't know how to do anything the easy way. Which is a bit ironic, since their path to the Japan Series title just got a whole lot clearer.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2011
One mistake proves costly for Softbank's Wada
If circumstances conspire to make this Tsuyoshi Wada's last start in a Fukuoka Softbank Hawks uniform, he'll leave with mixed feelings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2011
Dragons' Koike smacks game-winning blast in 10th
Masaaki Koike didn't get all of Takahiro Mahara's forkball in the 10th inning, but he got enough it. And that's all the Chunichi Dragons needed.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 12, 2011
Dragons stand between Hawks and Japan Series glory
A long strange season has come to its final bend as the Japan Series prepares to decide NPB's top team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2011
Hawks looking to atone for past against Lions
A year ago, all that stood between the Pacific League champion Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and a trip to the Japan Series was the third-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 2, 2011
Unlikely trio in spotlight as Swallows reach CLCS second stage
Katsuki Akagawa, Ryoji Aikawa and Ryosuke Morioka stood on the podium near home plate as the cheers of Tokyo Yakult supporters rang out through the night air at Jingu Stadium on Monday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2011
Pennant-winning Dragons face stiff test from Swallows in second stage
In what's quickly becoming a rite of winter, the Chunichi Dragons are in the final stage of the Central League Climax Series, which was introduced in 2007.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2011
Akagawa belies years as Swallows advance
The youngest player on the team had the ball in his hands for the most important game of the year for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2011
Utsumi gives Giants big lift in Game 2
Tetsuya Utsumi took the mound knowing the Yomiuri Giants' season hung in the balance. He did a little bit of everything to make sure his team lived to fight another day.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2011
Swallows win Game 1 to put Giants on brink
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows came out on top in their season series against the Yomiuri Giants this year. Now they're halfway to a triumph that may be even more satisfying.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2011
Late surge makes Giants a good bet in Central League Climax Series
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows faced the Yomiuri Giants 24 times this season and for the first time in 11 years proved themselves to be the better team.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2011
All eyes on Darvish in Climax opener
Yu Darvish has a few things to take care of before deciding which side of the Pacific he wants to pitch on next season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Oct 25, 2011
Chono was most valuable player for Giants this season
There were all sorts of strings attached to Hisayoshi Chono's last at-bat of the regular season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2011
Dragons clinch CL pennant
After what seemed like an eternity, the Chunichi Dragons finally got rid of their magic number. They'll gladly be replacing it with another championship banner.
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.
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.
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.”
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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