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
Jul 17, 2011
Giants end winless streak against Swallows
It took Kentaro Nishimura a little longer than normal to meet the media after beating the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 16, 2011
Cool-headed Muranaka fells Giants in return to mound
Kyohei Muranaka made his return to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows under the bright lights at the Big Egg.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 15, 2011
Rogge says Pyeongchang win will not affect Tokyo's bid for 2020 Summer Games
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge lauded Pyeongchang, South Korea's victory in the race for the 2018 Winter Olympics as a win for Asian sport.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 12, 2011
Carp pitchers Bullington, Sarfate making most of first year in Japan
Sometimes an open mind can be as valuable to a pitcher as a good fastball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2011
Marines' Castillo makes eyecatching return to Japan
Wearing a wide grin and bright yellow-trimmed sunglasses, Jose Castillo said he was happy to be back in Japan before his first game with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 5, 2011
Wins don't paint accurate portrayal of lefty Takeda's season
Hokkaido Nippon Ham pitcher Masaru Takeda may not have the record of an All-Star, but that's exactly what he is.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2011
Home field advantage helps Giants tie Swallows
After a night spent blowing chances, the Yomiuri Giants may have gotten their biggest assist from the Tokyo Dome turf.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 28, 2011
Buffaloes hope to erase memory of '10 slide
Since its inception in 2005, interleague play has often been a shot in the arm for Pacific League teams. Slow starts and patches of rough play have routinely been smoothed over after a few rounds of knocking around Central League squads.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2011
Swallows heap more misery on last-place BayStars
It took the Tokyo Yakult Swallows a little while to get going in their first game after the interleague break.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2011
Whitesell delivers winning HR in 10th
Yuichi Matsumoto may have kept the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the game, but Josh Whitesell won it for them.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 24, 2011
PL struggled at gate in interleague
The Pacific League, led by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, got the best of the Central League on the field, but couldn't keep pace in the stands.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 21, 2011
Memory of Japan Series glory lives on for all-time saves leader Iwase
Moments after becoming Japan's new all-time saves leader, Hitoki Iwase took a brief trip down memory lane.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 20, 2011
Hawks, Pa. League stage another dominant interleague campaign
Another interleague season is in the books and, as has been the case in each of the previous seven years, a Pacific League team is raising the interleague pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2011
Marines' Ishimine comes through again in clutch
Rookie Shota Ishimine gave the Chiba Lotte Marines a win at home with a three-run homer on June 12.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 15, 2011
Marines edge Giants in 10th on Kim's sac fly
Kim Tae Kyun's 10th-inning drive didn't go deep enough to get out of the park or even past center fielder Hisayoshi Chono.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 14, 2011
Darvish second to none since shock loss on Opening Day
Even in a season that's shaping up to be the Year of the Pitcher, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Yu Darvish still stands out among the crowd.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 12, 2011
Ishikawa's goal still putting on green jacket at Masters
Ryo Ishikawa doesn't own a crystal ball. Nevertheless, the teenage golf star says he knows where his future is going to lead him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 11, 2011
Ramirez confident despite slow start at plate this season
Alex Ramirez isn't worried about his numbers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2011
Sawamura learning from mistakes in debut season
Before a recent game against the Yomiuri Giants, a rival Central League player remarked that rookie Hirokazu Sawamura might become the Giants' best hurler once he really learns how to pitch.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2011
Fighters' Wolfe impressed by team's pitching
Brian Wolfe knows good pitching when he sees it.
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.

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

SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’
SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER