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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
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.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 9, 2010
Giants' Chono leading spring training youth movement
While it's wise to take spring numbers with a grain of salt, a trio of Central League rookies are still turning heads.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 6, 2010
Dragons welcome next generation
After winning the Japan Series two seasons ago, Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai said he wanted to start looking for the successors to his current stars.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 2, 2010
BayStars in need of revolution on mound
The Yokohama BayStars have a lot of pitchers, new and old.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 13, 2010
Fighters counting on Nakata with move to outfield
The ongoing quest to get some value out of Hokkaido Nippon Ham's Sho Nakata is continuing at spring camp.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 9, 2010
Loaded Giants must be wary of egos during 2010 season
The Yomiuri Giants have enough talent to run away with the Central League and Japan Series titles in 2010.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 7, 2010
Marines take a flyer on Imaoka
The No. 2 will be back at Chiba Marine Stadium this year. Albeit with a different owner.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Feb 2, 2010
Reclaiming past glory won't be easy for aces Saito, Igawa
The summer of 2003 was a magical ride for pitchers Kazumi Saito and Kei Igawa. The summers since then? Not so much.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 2, 2010
Yankees, Giants combine might
There isn't a global world series yet, though that didn't stop the Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees from throwing a party anyway.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 30, 2010
Lions rookie hurler Kikuchi sounds like a young man in a hurry
The NPB has ramped up its efforts to speed up games over the past few seasons.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 26, 2010
Buffaloes take big gamble by giving up on veteran slugger Tuffy Rhodes
The Orix Buffaloes' decision to reel in So Taguchi instead of working things out with Tuffy Rhodes will either go down as cheap or shrewd.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 19, 2010
Giants need more production from Utsumi
Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tetsuya Utsumi became the team's 17th player rep during the offseason. In 2010, the Giants will be asking him to shoulder a little more of the load on the mound as well.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 5, 2010
Old, new NPB stars set to make impact on 2010 season
Now that the calendar has flipped to 2010, Japanese baseball teams will soon begin preparing for the upcoming season.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 22, 2009
Deers trample Frontiers for Japan X Bowl victory
For more than 30 minutes, the Kajima Deers offense resembled . . . well a deer in headlights.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 20, 2009
Zimbalist says Matsui's key impact for Angels will be on the field
Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui and Daisuke Matsuzaka all helped open up markets and bring new streams of revenue to their respective teams when they made their major league debuts.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 15, 2009
Hillman takes pride as Greinke, Darvish make good on pitching potential
As the 2009 season unfolded in major league baseball, Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman may have caught himself recalling his time in Japan two seasons ago.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 6, 2009
Naito, Jones can learn lessons from disgraceful last bouts of legends
For something so often referred to as the "sweet science," few sports routinely dole out as sour an ending as boxing.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers