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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 / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2010
Sikorski says flexibility key to his success in Japan
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — It's a wonder Brian Sikorski's arm hasn't fallen off by now.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 10, 2010
Eagles eyeing interleague bounce
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles would be happy to win the interleague title. So long as it helps get them back on track for the title they really want.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2010
Takahashi adjusting to new spot in order
It's easy for young ballplayers to take their youth for granted and envision themselves being on top of the world forever.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 8, 2010
Maeda giving Carp fans reason to cheer
The Hiroshima Carp don't have much going for them, but there's one good reason to take in a game at Mazda Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2010
Takahashi-led Giants rally past Fighters
Yoshinobu Takahashi taught the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters a harsh lesson on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2010
Giants' Sakamoto hits winning homer in 9th
One swing of Hayato Sakamoto's bat erased a week's worth of bad memories for the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2010
BayStars break out of slump, defeat Lions
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Yokohama BayStars finally found some offense.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 1, 2010
Fighters' hitters not getting job done for team or Darvish
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are getting what they paid for in terms of power numbers this season, which unfortunately for them isn't a whole lot.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 29, 2010
Swallows hope replacement manager Ogawa can turn things around
Shigeru Takada's departure from the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday leaves the struggling Central League team under the stewardship of head coach Junji Ogawa.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2010
Veteran Takahashi proves worth
At 35 years old, Yoshinobu Takahashi knows he can't race around the bases the way he used to for the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2010
Chono, Kamei ignite triumphant Giants during eighth-inning rally
The Yomiuri Giants media guide lists outfielder Hisayoshi Chono as a first-year player.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 25, 2010
Time ripe for slumping Swallows, Takada to part ways
The vote of confidence the Tokyo Yakult Swallows gave manager Shigeru Takada on Friday served only to underscore how much the team is in need of a new voice.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2010
Giants cruise past slumping Swallows
Yomiuri Giants captain Shinnosuke Abe wasn't in his normal spot behind the plate, but he still made a big difference for starting pitcher Dicky Gonzalez.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 4, 2010
Recent run of success gives BayStars glimmer of hope
While it's too early to proclaim the winds of change have swept over the suddenly surging Yokohama BayStars, for the first time in a long while, there's something in the air.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2010
Swallows pay price as Fujii fuels Giants
Shugo Fujii may be a pitcher by trade, but he taught the Tokyo Yakult Swallows an important lesson with his bat on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2010
BayStars exhibit gumption in comeback triumph over Swallows
The 2010 Yokohama BayStars are out to show the NPB they can't be knocked around anymore.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 27, 2010
Game takes backseat as Giants, Carp pay their respects to Kimura
Sometimes a baseball game can be about more than strikeouts and home runs. About more than wins and losses.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2010
Tani pays tribute to Kimura with dramatic pinch-hit grand slam
The last time Yoshitomo Tani hit a grand slam, it helped send Takuya Kimura to his second Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 24, 2010
Big Unit empathizes with Kudo's struggle to get back on mound
As Randy Johnson stood on the mound at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night, Chiba Lotte Marines leadoff hitter Tsuyoshi Nishioka could be forgiven for thinking he dodged a bullet.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2010
Yamasaki, Nagai provide spark for Eagles in victory over Marines
Future MLB Hall of Famer Randy Johnson took the mound in a Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles jersey, but the 46-year-old pitcher said his playing days are behind him.
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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