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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
Aug 24, 2010
Carp outfielders turning heads
Fans sitting in the first few rows along the outfield wall at Hiroshima's Mazda Stadium can leave their gloves at home.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2010
Rodman takes game to streets
Time waits for no man, and Dennis Rodman is no exception.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2010
Victorious Giants make Tigers pay for miscues
Ryota Wakiya taught Hanshin Tigers rookie Takumi Akiyama one of the most important lessons a pitcher can learn.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2010
Rami-led Giants regain power in rout of Tigers
Moving a step closer to 40 home runs was the easy part for Alex Ramirez. Getting teammate Yoshitomo Tani to join him onstage for a post-game performance during the hero interview? Now that took some effort.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 17, 2010
Central League teams jockey for position in critical week
When the dust settles in the Central League, the top three teams — whoever they may be — might look back at this week as the period when everything either began to come together or started to fall apart.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2010
Potent sluggers set tone for triumphant Giants against BayStars
A replay review was needed to confirm Hayato Sakamoto had actually led off the first inning with a home run.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2010
Gonzalez-led Giants snap losing streak
It wasn't pretty, but the Yomiuri Giants will take it. A win is a win after all.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 10, 2010
Cuba-U.S. finale showcases baseball's Olympic worth
Sadaharu Oh saw a great game on Saturday night. Too bad IOC president Jacques Rogge wasn't there to watch it with him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug 8, 2010
Despaigne's heroics carry Cuba to championship
On a day the mighty Cubans finally looked beatable, Alfredo Despaigne looked invincible.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug 7, 2010
Powerful Cubans set sights on winning title
YOKOHAMA — International baseball may soon be dancing to a Cuban beat once again.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 3, 2010
Media attention nothing new for celebrated hurler Saito
The fluttering of dozens of camera shutters following Japan's 4-0 win over South Korea on Friday served as a reminder that Yuki Saito is never far from the spotlight.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug 1, 2010
Japan clobbers China in college tournament
Blowouts have been the theme of the early stages of the 5th World University Baseball Championship, and the host nation wasn't about to be left out of the fun.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Jul 31, 2010
Hurler Saito shines in victory over Koreans
Yuki Saito was such a certainty to take the mound against South Korea that Japan manager Tamotsu Enomoto forgot to tell him.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 27, 2010
Nakajima, Wada stand out in PL
The 2010 All-Star Series is in the rearview mirror and the Pacific League returns to action with a full slate of games on Tuesday night. Meaning now is as good a time as any to stop and take stock of the first few months of the year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 26, 2010
Dragons veteran Wada Central League's top player through first half
The 2010 All-Stars Series is over and all six Central League teams are back together and gearing up to make a run for the pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 24, 2010
Abe-led CL earns All-Star win
FUKUOKA — When Shinnosuke Abe gets on a roll it doesn't matter who's on the mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 24, 2010
Tigers slugger Brazell praises team's fans
FUKUOKA — Craig Brazell didn't care that he was almost left off the All-Star roster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2010
Giants edge Swallows in 10
Marc Kroon felt like he owed everyone something after blowing a save in his last outing.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2010
Journeyman Fernandez keen to make most of Seibu return
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The stairs must have seemed endless.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 16, 2010
Slugger Ortiz finding his stride with Hawks
The 2010 season hasn't dampened Jose Ortiz's recollection of the way 2009 ended.
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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