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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
Nov 1, 2007
Dragons close in on Japan Series
NAGOYA — The Chunichi Dragons came into the Japan Series looking for revenge and they're one win away from getting it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2007
Dragons score seven in 1st, nab series lead
NAGOYA — It's probably a good thing the Nagoya Dome scoreboard stopped working during the bottom half of the first inning on Tuesday. It wouldn't have been able to keep up anyway.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 30, 2007
Nakata's stellar Game 2 outing gives Dragons a big boost
NAGOYA — The Chunichi Dragons are three wins away from their first Japan Series title since 1954 and surprisingly it's their pitching staff, not their offense, that's leading the way.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2007
Darvish receives prestigious accolade
NAGOYA — Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Yu Darvish was outstanding this season. So it's no surprise that the accolades have started rolling in.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 29, 2007
Dragons even series in runaway victory
SAPPORO — The Chunichi Dragons got another huge performance out of one of their starting pitchers — and this time they didn't waste it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2007
Young star Darvish impresses Dragons
SAPPORO — One day after Yu Darvish put on one of the greatest shows in Japan Series history the Chunichi Dragons were still a little awe-struck.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 28, 2007
Darvish, Seguignol key Hammies' win
SAPPORO — Yu Darvish is beginning to become a playoff legend.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 27, 2007
Fighters yearn to repeat; Dragons want different outcome
SAPPORO — A lot of the faces may be the same, but this year's Japan Series is showing just how quickly things can change.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 27, 2007
Ochiai still defies conventional wisdom
SAPPORO — After the Chunichi Dragons won the Central League Climax Series title, there were no wild celebrations, no beer fights and certainly no managers being tossed into the air. Hardly traditional, which is exactly what you would've expected from Hiromitsu Ochiai.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 21, 2007
Dragons earn return trip to Japan Series
The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League title but the Chunichi Dragons are going to the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 20, 2007
Dragons top Giants; take 2-0 series lead
The introduction of the Climax Series in the Central League this year gave the Chunichi Dragons a new lease on life and they're making sure they make the most of it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 19, 2007
Fighters move to Japan Series
SAPPORO — Trey Hillman said that hitting home runs was not the Fighters' style. He may be right, but Fernando Seguignol sure did look stylish doing it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 18, 2007
Darvish, Naruse square off in marquee Game 5 matchup
SAPPORO — Yu Darvish and Yoshihisa Naruse were arguably the two best pitchers in Japanese baseball this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 18, 2007
Fighters, Marines stay relaxed
SAPPORO — One day before the Pacific League title and a place in the Japan Series will be on the line, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Chiba Lotte Marines were a relaxed bunch.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 17, 2007
Satozaki sizzler powers Marines
SAPPORO — Masaru Takeda has probably seen enough of Tomoya Satozaki to last him a lifetime.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 17, 2007
Glynn comes up with goods
SAPPORO — With the Chiba Lotte Marines threatening to take control of the series, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were looking for a good game out of starting pitcher Ryan Glynn. He responded with the game of his life.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Marines level series
SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters posed for their Pacific League Championship picture after Game 2, but all the in-game glamour shots belonged to Tomoya Satozaki.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Nishioka, Morimoto spark ballclubs as leadoff hitters
SAPPORO — Chiba Lotte's Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Nippon Ham's Hichori Morimoto are two of the biggest stars in Japanese baseball, despite neither really hitting for a lot of power or driving in a lot of runs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 16, 2007
Big seventh inning propels Fighters
SAPPORO — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are a tight-knit group known for going that extra mile for one another. Against the Chiba Lotte Marines in Game 3 they went the extra mile and then some.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS
Oct 14, 2007
Darvish fires Fighters to win
SAPPORO — On a day when the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters came up with all the big hits, the Chiba Lotte Marines still couldn't find an answer for Yu Darvish.
BOJ takes rates to 0.5% amid calm markets after Trump inauguration
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda had sounded dovish after the central bank's December policy meeting, which led some analysts to say that rate hikes might only emerge in March.
Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections
Institute of Science Tokyo Distinguished Professor Yoshinori Fujiyoshi (left) and Assistant Professor Shun Nakamura, who developed a peptide that can bind to the spike proteins of the novel coronavirus to prevent COVID-19 infections, at the Institute of Science Tokyo's Ookayama campus in Tokyo on Monday
Japan supermarket sales up for fifth year in 2024
Vegetables for sale at a local supermarket in Kyoto.
Japan contemplates global free-trade leadership as U.S. goes protectionist
Shipping containers at an industrial port in the Keihin Industrial Zone in Kawasaki. Japanese businesses see a larger role for Japan if global trade breaks down and multilateral trade institutions become less effective without U.S. participation.
Search for suspect underway after fatal stabbing at Nagano Station
The crime scene where three people were attacked near JR Nagano Station on Wednesday
The cartoon chaos of ‘Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi’ was ahead of its time
Animated series “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi” premiered on Cartoon Network on Nov. 29, 2004, and ran for three seasons. The show is based on real-life J-pop band Puffy.
How 'Twin Peaks' turned David Lynch into Japan's favorite weirdo
“The Elephant Man” and “Twin Peaks” director David Lynch became a favorite among Japanese moviegoers who flocked to new arthouse cinemas (known as “mini theaters”) popping up around the country in the 1980s and ’90s.
As parliament opens, ruling coalition enters uncharted territory
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a policy speech at the Lower House of the parliament in Tokyo last November.
Dodgers introduce Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki
Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks during his introductory news conference with the team in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Japan-made games part of a rising tide of indie greatness
One of the brighest spots of Japan's indie gaming landscape in 2024 was Sonokuni, and with more incubators and other avenues of support springing up, there may be more games like it in the future.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
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