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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 2, 2010
Valdez gets win on Dragons debut
The beginning of Chunichi Dragons pitcher Edward Valdez's first game in Japan went all wrong. Thanks to teammate Masaaki Koike, the ending was just right.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2010
Red-hot Buffaloes top Itokazu, Nippon Ham
A number of players made contributions to the Orix Buffaloes' victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 30, 2010
Time ripe for Fighters, Eagles to make moves in bullpen
There are fewer things more frustrating to baseball managers, players and fans than watching a lead slip away in the ninth inning.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2010
D'Antona, Sato carry Swallows past Giants
Jamie D'Antona finally gave himself something to hang his hat on at Tokyo Dome with a home run in the third inning.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2010
Utsumi stymies Swallows; Giants win season opener
The Yomiuri Giants began the first night of the Central League season with a celebration and they weren't about to let the Tokyo Yakult Swallows spoil their fun.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2010
Giants looking to hold off CL teams
The Yomiuri Giants have been the Central League's top team for three years running.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2010
No regrets for Ogasawara three years after Giant leap
There are some who live by the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2010 CENTRAL LEAGUE PREVIEW
Mar 25, 2010
Dragons ready to rain fire on rivals
The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming Nippon Professional Baseball season. Team-by-team previews of the six Central League clubs are listed in order of predicted finish.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 24, 2010
Home runs could turn fun-loving Lions into a dancing machine
Dee Brown has the Saitama Seibu Lions partying like rock stars.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 23, 2010
Central League's bottom three out to shake up status quo
The Central League race was mostly a bore last season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2010
Reigning MVP Ramirez sets sights on producing even better season
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Alex Ramirez led the Central League with a .322 batting average, hit 31 homers and drove in 103 runs last season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2010
Seventh-inning rally sparks Lions in PL opener
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Saitama Seibu Lions failed to accomplish their goal of scoring early during the first game of the season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 21, 2010
Lions DH Brown still gets thrills on Opening Day
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — As far as debuts go, it doesn't get much better than this.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2010
Lions looking to roar at plate in '10
The Seibu Lions are getting back to the basics.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2010 PACIFIC LEAGUE PREVIEW
Mar 20, 2010
Seibu aims for successful season
The following is first of a two-part preview for the upcoming Nippon Professional Baseball season. Team-by-team previews of the six Pacific League clubs are listed in order of predicted finish.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 19, 2010
'Guts' shows off his softer side
FRaU is one women's magazine that's got guts.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 18, 2010
Playoff appearance whets Swallows' appetite for success
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows made it to the playoffs last year. Now they'll get to see how hard it is to make it back.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 17, 2010
Marines looking for fresh start after debacle
The Chiba Lotte Marines would probably like nothing more than to put the past behind them.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 16, 2010
Darvish's ascent could put strain on Fighters' wallets
Among the NPB's highest-paid players, Yu Darvish is somewhat of a rarity.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 15, 2010
Beginning of new season has BayStars hoping for reversal of fortune
The Yokohama BayStars have a new manager, new players and a new attitude.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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