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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 / Japanese Baseball
Apr 23, 2008
Otsuka homers in Lotte's rout of Seibu
CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines threw everything but the rule book at the Seibu Lions on Tuesday night. Good thing their manager was there to back them up.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2008
Tuffy blasts pair as Buffs win
Orix Buffaloes manager Terry Collins said that Tuffy Rhodes "is swinging the bat really well right now."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 16, 2008
Omatsu, Hashimoto lead Marines past Eagles in slugfest
CHIBA — Shoitsu Omatsu made sure he put the Chiba Lotte Marines in position to win their third game in a row. Late in the contest, Tasuku Hashimoto made sure they did just that.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2008
Miura earns first win of season
YOKOHAMA — Daisuke Miura didn't want to wait too long to pick up his first win of the season. So he made Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto wait at least one more night before reaching his own goal.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2008
Tigers send punchless Giants to sixth loss in seven games
The Hanshin Tigers had Tokyo Dome rocking on Friday night.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 4, 2008
NPB moving to dissuade 'major' moves
Nippon Professional Baseball earlier this week announced that it will present a proposal to the players' association aimed at shortening the free-agency period to seven years for players drafted out of college and the industrial leagues and eight years for players drafted out of high school beginning...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2008
Nakamura blasts Dragons past Giants
Norihiro Nakamura sure made his first career hit off Koji Uehara a memorable one.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2008
Ishikawa, Tanaka spark Swallows
As expected, there was a lot of offense on display on Opening Night at Jingu Stadium. Most of it, however, came from an unexpected source.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 27, 2008
Harden, Brown propel A's to series split with Red Sox
The Oakland Athletics made sure they held onto the lead this time.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 26, 2008
Ramirez, Red Sox rally in 10th, defeat A's in opener
Daisuke Matsuzaka's homecoming was as memorable as advertised. Brandon Moss and Manny Ramirez made sure of it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 25, 2008
Athletics, BoSox prepare for MLB season opener
On the day before the major league opener, Oakland pitcher Joe Blanton was just trying not to get caught up in the hype surrounding Daisuke Matsuzaka.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 25, 2008
Okajima comes full circle with Red Sox
With all the hype that has surrounded Daisuke Matsuzaka's return to Japan it may have been easy to forget that Hideki Okajima was returning as well.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2008
World Baseball Classic venues unveiled
Japan will begin its defense of the World Baseball Classic title on home turf.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2008
Drew's sixth-inning grand slam powers Red Sox past Giants
Hideki Okajima proved that you can go home again, but J.D Drew was the star on this night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2008
Ortiz, Youkilis spark BoSox past pesky Tigers
The Boston Red Sox came to Japan to give their Japanese fans a good show and they didn't disappoint. But neither did the Hanshin Tigers.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2008
Japanese ballplayers relish chance to test skills against MLB competition
Playing against the World Series champions apparently didn't impress Hanshin Tigers outfielder Ikuro Katsuragi too much late Saturday morning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 22, 2008
Red Sox, Athletics arrive for MLB season opener
After a few tense hours on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A's finally arrived in Japan. More importantly for the Japanese fans, Daisuke Matsuzaka was present and accounted for.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2008
Kaneko, LaRocca lead Buffaloes to season-opening victory
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Chihiro Kaneko couldn't believe he was going to start the Orix Buffaloes' first game of the season. On Thursday, he made believers out of the Seibu Lions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2008
Dragons hungry for Japan Series repeat
For the first time in more than 50 years, the Chunichi Dragons will open the season as Japan Series Champions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2008
2008 Central League preview
Trump team seeks to toughen Biden’s chip controls over China
U.S. President Donald Trump's officials recently met with their Japanese and Dutch counterparts about restricting Tokyo Electron and ASML engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China, according to people familiar with the matter.
China adviser pushes to lower legal marriage age to 18 to boost birthrate
A woman fits her wedding dress at a bridal shop in Luliang, northern China's Shanxi province, on Feb. 11.
U.S. defense spending demands could transform global security
Amid rising global defense spending, U.S. President Donald Trump's push for 5% of GDP on military budgets poses a challenge for American allies, including Japan, which is already struggling to meet its 2% target.
Ex-Japan envoy concerned over Trump's foreign aid cuts
Ichiro Fujisaki
DeepSeek rushes to launch new AI model as China goes all in
The Chinese embrace of DeepSeek comes as governments from South Korea to Italy remove the artificial intelligence from national app stores, citing privacy concerns.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
Gunma ranks top among city dwellers eyeing countryside, survey shows
Kusatsu Onsen resort, a popular tourist destination in Gunma Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2022
Japan looks to save seafood and seaweed farming from warming oceans
Asian seabass are bred at the Songkhla Coastal Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Research and Development Center in southern Thailand.
Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.

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