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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.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 22, 2011
Central League's reputation takes hit in scheduling row
The show must go on. At least so says the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 20, 2011
MLB family reaching out to help Japan
The relationship between Japan and Major League Baseball stretches back over a century with a number of highs and lows dotting the landscape along the way.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 15, 2011
Many in sporting world reach out to Japan
One can only imagine the thoughts going through the minds of the athletes from Miyagi Prefecture's two major sports teams, Nippon Professional Baseball's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Velgata Sendai from the J. League, right now.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 12, 2011
Giant earthquake rattles players, fans at ballpark
There was nothing amiss at Yokohama Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 8, 2011
Foreign hurlers face pivotal season after recovering from injuries
Seth Greisinger walked off the field at Tokyo Dome on Thursday looking relaxed and at ease. At the same time, Alex Graman had his glove tucked under his arm as he chatted with a reporter and teammate Dee Brown in front of the visitors' dugout.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 7, 2011
Marines putting faith in young duo in 2011
While Tsuyoshi Nishioka prepares for his first year with the Minnesota Twins, the Chiba Lotte Marines are about to begin their season with a noticeable hole at shortstop.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 1, 2011
Terahara could make big difference for Orix
As the promise of yet another spring swirled around him, Hayato Terahara took the mound for the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Feb 22, 2011
Pitchers in command on mound could make big strides this year
In a preview of the upcoming MLB season, through the prism of fantasy baseball, ESPN's Tristan Cockcroft argued that looking past wins, losses and ERA and at a pitcher's command numbers (strikeouts, walks etc.) was a great way of predicting future performance.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 11, 2011
Dragons counting on Chen for solid season
The upcoming season figures to be an especially important one for Chunichi Dragons pitcher Chen Wei-yin, with many of his future options dependent upon his performance.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Feb 8, 2011
Carp face long uphill battle in quest to recapture golden era success
When the Hiroshima Carp travel to Nagoya to face the Chunichi Dragons in their season opener next month, they should bring along pen and paper to take notes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 4, 2011
Old faces appear in new places as camp opens
Hichori Morimoto has dressed as an alien, a muay thai fighter and a popular cartoon character over the past few years.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Feb 1, 2011
Orix's Lee, Park hope to revitalize careers with fresh start
It feels like a lifetime has passed since Lee Seung Yeop and Park Chan Ho last wore the same uniform.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jan 25, 2011
Giants' pool of foreign players will have to earn their spot on roster
The Yomiuri Giants may be trading Tokyo's cool temperatures and concrete facade for sunny and scenic Miyazaki, but the team's spring camp won't feel like much of a vacation for some of the newest Kyojin.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jan 18, 2011
NPB's 50-homer club unlikely to be expanding ranks
The period between the start of the calendar year and the beginning of camp is often wrought with bold proclamations and lofty goals as ambition helps power players through their final winter preparations.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 17, 2011
Fighters rookie Saito in spotlight at practice
The next generation of NPB stars has hit the field.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jan 11, 2011
Wakui must play like Darvish before he is paid like Darvish
Two of Japan's top pitchers made news early in the new year for very different contract issues.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 10, 2011
Pair uses skills to promote streetball
Initial greetings out of the way, an exhausted Grayson Boucher fell into a chair in a nondescript classroom near the Tent Dome in Toyosu on one of the final few warm, sunny days of 2010. Boucher had just finished putting 44 youngsters through the paces in a basketball ball handling clinic and the man...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 28, 2010
Kameda clan on top of Japanese boxing after big night
You don't have to like Koki or Daiki Kameda of the fighting Kameda family.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 21, 2010
Sugawara leads Seagulls to title
Shun Sugawara went from goat to hero within nine plays.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Dec 21, 2010
Curtain beginning to fall on careers of some of Japan's top closers
Is Takuya Asao the next great Japanese closer? He might have to be, because as age creeps up on some of the league's top firemen, the next generation will soon have to step up and prove its worth.
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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