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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

Sep 13, 2009

Hirano makes Lions endangered species

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Yoshihisa Hirano finally ended his personal losing streak. He may have also ended the Seibu Lions' hopes of reaching the Pacific League Climax Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 11, 2009

Race for third place in CL tightening up

The race for the Central League title seems to be all but over with the Yomiuri Giants coasting with a 7 1/2-game lead over the Chunichi Dragons.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 9, 2009

Ishihara's clutch three-run home run carries Carp past Swallows

The Hiroshima Carp may be a long shot but they're not quite out of the race for the Central League Climax Series just yet.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 6, 2009

Murakami says players going to MLB not hurting NPB

Long before Hideo Nomo was making major league hitters look silly with an unorthodox windup and an unhittable forkball, or Ichiro Suzuki began rewriting the record books, pitcher Masanori Murakami was blazing the trail.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 4, 2009

Wakui making a run at Sawamura Award

A tired shoulder has sidelined Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Yu Darvish since Aug. 22, following his worst outing of the season against the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 29, 2009

Morino-led Dragons hold off Swallows in potential playoff preview

If this was a dress rehearsal for a potential showdown in Stage 1 of the Central League Climax Series, the Chunichi Dragons showed why they deserve top billing.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Aug 28, 2009

Ramirez sets record in reaching milestone

Earlier this year reigning Central League MVP Alex Ramirez insisted the best he had to offer in 2009 was still yet to come.

BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE

Aug 23, 2009

Several NPB managers in danger of losing jobs

As the NPB season begins to head into the stretch run, an unusually high number of mangers find themselves on the hot seat — or at least very warm ones — as the Climax Series races begin in earnest.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 21, 2009

Abe ignites Giants to triumph over BayStars

The Yokohama BayStars put up a good fight, but it wasn't enough to stop Shinnosuke Abe and the Yomiuri Giants from breaking out the brooms.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Aug 21, 2009

Iwakuma's resurgence has Eagles flying high

Tohoku Rakuten pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma is up to his old tricks in August and helping to shake up the race for the Pacific League Climax Series in the process.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 16, 2009

Kimura fills Giant gap

The Yomiuri Giants were missing their top offensive weapon in their game against the rival Hanshin Tigers.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 14, 2009

Fighters rally past Buffaloes

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters haven't figured out how to handle Tuffy Rhodes yet, but they're becoming experts at corralling the rest of the Orix Buffaloes.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Aug 14, 2009

D'Antona hits stride for surging Swallows

If September is as good to Jamie D'Antona as July was, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows might be playing baseball in late October.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 12, 2009

Tanaka-led Fighters edge Orix in 12th

Eiichi Koyano gave the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters a second chance at putting away the Orix Buffaloes.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 9, 2009

Kamei's heroics give Giants dramatic win over Swallows

Yoshiyuki Kamei has one heck of a flair for the dramatic.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 8, 2009

Ogasawara, Sakamoto wield big bats for Giants

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows struck first, but all they did was awaken a bunch of sleeping Yomiuri Giants.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Aug 7, 2009

Kamei's play forces Giants to alter plans

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshiyuki Kamei made one thing clear with his two-homer day against the Hiroshima Carp on Tuesday in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 31, 2009

Slugger Morino's tear keeps Dragons in Central League race

A few seasons ago, Chunichi Dragons third baseman Masahiko Morino earned the nickname "Mr. Three Run" for his uncanny penchant for hitting three-run homers.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 31, 2009

Dragons bounce back; Kawai's streak alive

The Chunichi Dragons couldn't hold on to their own winning streak, but Masaaki Koike saved one for Yudai Kawai.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 29, 2009

Red-hot Dragons keep heat on rival Giants

The Chunichi Dragons didn't just beat the Yomiuri Giants in their first game back after the All-Star break.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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