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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

Oct 13, 2008

Fujii returns to Dome for postseason victory

OSAKA — Shugo Fujii delivered another solid postseason outing in Kyocera Dome.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 12, 2008

Ace Darvish holds Orix at arm's length

OSAKA — Spot Yu Darvish a run and more times than not he's going to win. Give him a couple more and it's pretty much academic.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Oct 11, 2008

Buffs, Fighters ready for PL Climax Series showdown

The first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series matches two teams that will contest strength against strength to decide which team will advance to face the Seibu Lions in the second stage.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 9, 2008

Giants claim sole lead in CL

For the Yomiuri Giants, in the big moment, nobody comes up bigger than "Big Daddy."

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Oct 4, 2008

Watanabe tames PL in first season at helm

Earlier this season Seibu Lions second baseman Yasuyuki Kataoka donned a Spiderman mask and entertained the crowd before his hero interview after hitting a "sayonara" home run off Hokkaido Nippon Ham's Yu Darvish.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 3, 2008

Otake gets better of Sato to keep Carp in hunt

The Hiroshima Carp were in desperate need of a win and Kan Otake gave them one.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 1, 2008

Ishikawa tosses seven-hitter, puts dent in Carp's postseason plans

Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa probably won't be playing in the postseason this year.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 28, 2008

Shimizu shines in Marines' win

CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines gave Fukuoka Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh, a video tribute, flowers and a hero's sendoff to celebrate his last visit to Chiba Marine Stadium. The win, however, they kept for themselves.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 27, 2008

Carp knocking on playoff door

The J. League's Sanfrecce Hiroshima and manager Mihailo Petrovic got the good times rolling in Hiroshima by leading the second-division club to a promotion-clinching win on Tuesday.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 22, 2008

Giants muscle in on Tigers' lead

The Hanshin Tigers have spent virtually the entire season alone in first place in the Central League

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 21, 2008

Hot-hitting Giants win ninth in a row

The Hanshin Tigers' 76 wins this season suggest the Osaka club is the best team in the Central League.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 20, 2008

Sakamoto delivers big-time production for Giants in win over Tigers

The Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants met Friday in the first game of the biggest series thus far of the 2008 season.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 19, 2008

Tigers have easier path down stretch

Not too long ago the Hanshin Tigers were running away with the Central League race.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 14, 2008

Abe lifts Giants over Swallows in slugfest

The Yomiuri Giants hit a home run in their first at-bat and the runs just kept on coming.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Sep 14, 2008

Buffs flexing muscles as stretch run begins

The Big Boys have finally arrived in Kobe.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 12, 2008

Stellar in Sendai: Iwakuma bright spot for lowly Eagles

While the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles have faded out of contention during the second half of the season, Hisashi Iwakuma has continued to establish himself as the top pitcher in Japanese baseball.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 6, 2008

Valentine ready to lead Japan's WBC team if asked

CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines manger Bobby Valentine has won a Japan Series and managed in a World Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 5, 2008

Imae keeps Chiba fires burning as Marines tame league-leading Lions

CHIBA — Despite sitting fifth in the Pacific League standings, there's a lot of fight left in the Chiba Lotte Marines.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 3, 2008

Watanabe continues strong stretch for M's

The Seibu Lions have used one of baseball's most potent offenses to build a nearly insurmountable lead in the Pacific League and establish themselves as an early favorite to reach the Japan Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 3, 2008

Valentine: Marines official asked me to resign in late July

CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine revealed to a small gathering of reporters on Tuesday that in late July he was asked to resign by someone in the Lotte front office.

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones

Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones

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