author

 
Menu
Search
 
November 23, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
Jason Coskrey

Meta

Twitter

@JCoskrey

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
Oct 18, 2011
Gonzalez firing on all cylinders since return
Dicky Gonzalez had just gotten a subpar year back on track when he went down on Aug. 24 with a right calf strain that some thought could keep him out for the rest of the regular season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 16, 2011
No celebration for Chunichi
Chunichi Dragons fans turned out in droves for a chance to see their team clinch a league title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2011
Giants delay Dragons' title
The Chunichi Dragons may eventually celebrate winning the Central League pennant at the Yomiuri Giants' home stadium, but it won't be on Hirokazu Sawamura's watch.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2011
Giants' Fujimura hits walk-off double in 9th
Daisuke Fujimura picked a pretty good time to play the hero for the first time in his career.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Oct 10, 2011
Darvish's recent struggles to win byproduct of Fighters' real issues
Yu Darvish's struggle to get into the wins column recently, could be indicative of problems that could doom the Hokkaido Nippon Fighters' latest bid to reach the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2011
Abe powers Giants past 'Stars
Shinnosuke Abe was on fire from the time he stepped in the batter's box, and it was going to take a lot more than the Yokohama BayStars could muster to cool him off.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Oct 4, 2011
Hawks euphoric after triumph, focused on winning Japan Series title
For a few precious hours, the rigors of a demanding season were forgotten as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks sprayed one another with bottle after bottle of beer.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2011
Hawks wrap up PL pennant
The Pacific League pennant is staying in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2011
Uchikawa savors moment of glory
Seiichi Uchikawa couldn't stop tears of joy from streaming down his face.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 1, 2011
Deadline passes for Japan-WBC deal
Major League Baseball is beginning to prepare for a 2013 World Baseball Classic without Japan, but the door is open for a change of heart from the two-time defending champions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2011
Yano, Giants clobber Carp
A fan fell out of the stands and had to be stretchered off. Four players were hit with pitches, including one who had to be carried off, and one fan got more than she bargained for when a foul ball came hurtling toward her from above.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 27, 2011
Ochiai given raw deal by Chunichi despite his successful run in dugout
A few years ago, before an All-Star game at Yokohama Stadium, while most players were relaxing, then-Chunichi Dragons slugger Tyrone Woods was feverishly fielding grounders at first base hit by his manager, Hiromitsu Ochiai.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 25, 2011
Lions stay in hunt for playoff spot
The surging Seibu Lions didn't lose, but they didn't get the result they were searching for either.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 20, 2011
Fighters keep focus on PL pennant after Nashida bombshell
Bobby Keppel's translator stood at the ready, but the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher didn't need him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 16, 2011
Nashida announces plan to step down after 2011 season
Masataka Nashida is stepping down as manager of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at the end of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2011
Inaba supplies spark as Fighters blank Marines
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters returned to their old stomping ground just in time to change their fortunes against an old nemesis.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 13, 2011
'Ma-kun' has left Saito behind in rise to top
The look on Masahiro Tanaka's face after his victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Saturday said it all.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2011
Giants' Ramirez produces only run in win over Carp
Alex Ramirez did the one thing no one else could at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2011
Carp get back on track with victory over Giants
A bad week left the Hiroshima Carp on the outskirts of the Central League pennant race. On Friday, they set about giving their slim chances a shot in the arm.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 6, 2011
Fighters would be wise to hang on to manager Nashida
Baseball is a funny sport sometimes in that no one ever seems content to live in the present.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

The celebrated artist ‘updating’ the kimono
The celebrated artist ‘updating’ the kimono

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER