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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
Sep 20, 2009
Houlton enjoys reversal of fortune at Seibu Dome
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Saitama Seibu Lions went from a fifth-place team in 2007 to Japan Series champions in 2008.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2009
Dominican hurler Obispo continues to make big impact for Giants
Not too long ago, Yomiuri Giants pitcher Wirfin Obispo was what is known in Japanese baseball as a "triple-digit" (developmental) player.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 18, 2009
Kudo hoping to find team for next season
Before Kimiyasu Kudo was reduced to mop-up duty on the worst team in Japanese pro baseball, he was one of the aces on a dynasty.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Sep 16, 2009
Ichiro certain to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer
There were a number of doubters nine years ago when Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese position player in Major League Baseball.
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.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

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