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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
Sep 25, 2010
Ichiro's achievement testament to his drive
Baseball is the ultimate numbers game. Always has been, always will be.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2010
Harper, Castillo lead 'Stars to win
Brett Harper and Jose Castillo have done some of their best work this year against the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 24, 2010
Sakamoto impressing with show of power
For pitchers facing shortstops, usually the main worry is letting them get on base, where their speed can create problems.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2010
Sakamoto's heroics carry Giants to win
Shortstop Hayato Sakamoto is becoming the Yomiuri Giants' go-to guy late in games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 21, 2010
PL pitchers Kaneko, Darvish making case to win Sawamura Award
There's nothing that says the Sawamura Award has to be given out.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 18, 2010
Pitching down stretch puts Dragons in position to take CL pennant
The Chunichi Dragons got off to a slow start but they're sprinting toward the finish line.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 17, 2010
Yakult survives late meltdown
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows' chances of making the playoffs are slim, but they weren't about to let a little rain wash away their hopes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 15, 2010
Best move for Eagles to collect on Iwakuma while they can
Hisashi Iwakuma, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' best pitcher, is ready to see just how greener the grass is in Major League Baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2010
Ogasawara wields big stick for surging Giants
The Yomiuri Giants and Tokyo Yakult Swallows aren't far from each other in terms of location. The distance between the crosstown rivals in the Central League standings, however, just got a little bit wider.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 10, 2010
Standridge key figure for Tigers down stretch
Good pitching trumps good hitting. That's usually the rule of thumb come playoff time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2010
Maeda double team clips Swallows' wings
In his 21st season, Tomonori Maeda doesn't have too many more chances to play the hero. Kenta Maeda on the other hand is just getting started.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 7, 2010
Pair of veteran hurlers still have something left to give
A pair of veteran pitchers briefly turned back the clock.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 4, 2010
Swallows hold off late-charging 'Stars
YOKOHAMA — Earlier in the year the Tokyo Yakult Swallows were a team going nowhere.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2010
Nishiguchi-led Lions climb into first place
TOKOROZAWA — There's still some life left in Fumiya Nishiguchi's right arm.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 3, 2010
Orix's Kaneko on fire as Buffs chase playoffs
Just call Chihiro Kaneko a late bloomer.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 31, 2010
Patience pays off for Giants infielder Gonzalez
Foreign ballplayers take to Japan in many different ways. Some, like first-year Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton, hit the ground running. Murton is hitting .339, with 15 HRs and 77 RBIs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2010
Ramirez eyes 2,000 hits
Alex Ramirez has his eyes on the future.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2010
Rami breaks Oh's RBI mark
As soon as wood met rawhide, Alex Ramirez threw his arms up in celebration.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2010
Ramirez: Record is 'blessing from God'
Yomiuri Giants slugger Alex Ramirez carved out a place for himself in Japanese baseball history by recording his eighth consecutive season with at least 100 RBIs with a two-home run, five-RBI performance against the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 25, 2010
Late heroics carry Giants
Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai didn't watch Michihiro Ogasawara's last at-bat from the dugout. He didn't need to either. The cheers of the Yomiuri faithful told him all he needed to know.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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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