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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
Jun 11, 2009
Nakai eager to make impact for Yomiuri
Daisuke Nakai's Yomiuri Giants career started with three ugly strikeouts.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2009
Big sticks wield power for Giants
The usually formidable Yomiuri Giants had a rough time hitting home runs last week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 8, 2009
Hawks face challenge without Wada, Otanari
It's time to see what first-year manger Koji Akiyama and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks are made of.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 5, 2009
Ogasawara making a feast of PL pitching
Michihiro Ogasawara left the Pacific League to join the Yomiuri Giants in 2007.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2009
Gonzalez enjoying early-season resurgence with Giants
On Opening Day, Yomiuri Giants pitcher Dicky Gonzalez was laboring away in the minors.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 29, 2009
Iwakuma, Tanaka give Eagles a real 1-2 punch
Masahiro Tanaka was electrifying during his Pacific League Rookie of the Year season in 2007. In 2008 his numbers dipped while he took a back seat to teammate Hisashi Iwakuma, who embarked on a Sawamura Award-winning 21-4 campaign.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2009
Gonzalez breaks Giants record
With starter Dicky Gonzalez dealing, the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants looked as strong as ever.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2009
Big bats ignite Giants in win over Buffaloes
The ceremony held for Shinnosuke Abe before the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Orix Buffaloes was to honor him for recently playing in his 1,000th game.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2009
Lambin ignites Marines
CHIBA — Chase Lambin put an exclamation point on a ninth-inning double with a Superman-esque dive into the bag.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 23, 2009
BayStars need to end managerial carousel
Well somebody had to take the fall.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 22, 2009
PL looking to extend interleague win streak
The NPB kicked off koryusen (interleague season) this week with the first round of games taking place in Pacific League stadiums on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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May 21, 2009
'Cowboy Shingo' tips hat to Masters achievement
The first thing you notice is the hat.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 15, 2009
Sophomore Sakamoto tearing up CL pitching
When then-Yomiuri Giants shortstop Tomohiro Nioka tore his calf muscle during the 2008 season opener, a star was born.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2009
Abe leads by example as Giants slay Dragons
Yomiuri Giants first baseman Lee Seung Yeop took one for the team early on Saturday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 8, 2009
Sledge flexing muscles for Fighters in 2nd year
CHIBA — Terrmel Sledge is getting used to playing baseball in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2009
Valentine stays calm at eye of the storm
It's been an interesting season for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2009
Rhodes says staying in shape is key to his longevity
CHIBA — Tuffy Rhodes has discovered the fountain of youth.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 1, 2009
Valentine optimistic as pitchers find form
Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Hiroyuki Kobayashi didn't come out of Tuesday's game against the Orix Buffaloes with a win, but he should've gained a lot of confidence.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2009
Obiki's 10th-inning home run propels Buffaloes past Marines
CHIBA — Suspect pitching kept the Orix Buffaloes teetering on the edge of disaster during most of their game against the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2009
Clutch hitting ignites Dragons to win over Giants
The Yomiuri Giants had planned to honor catcher Shinnosuke Abe during their game against the Chunichi Dragons on Friday.
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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