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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.

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 7, 2019

Warren Cromartie still eager to pitch in to help Giants, Expos

Warren Cromartie says he's always been a team player.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Aug 5, 2019

Central League set up for exciting race to finish line

Things looked so simple in the Central League at the All-Star break.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Aug 2, 2019

Tatsunori Hara has shot at top 10 for most wins by a manager

Tatsunori Hara moved into rarefied air when his Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp on Tuesday night, becoming the 13th NPB manager to reach 1,000 career victories.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 1, 2019

Carp continue post-All-Star surge with one-sided victory over Giants

The Hiroshima Carp look like a team that's not quite ready to give up the Central League pennant they've held onto for the past three seasons — at least not without a fight.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jul 29, 2019

Controversy surrounding high school ace Roki Sasaki stirs up familiar debate

Ofunato High School was inundated with calls after its loss in the final of the Iwate Prefectural tournament on Thursday.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 26, 2019

Tigers' Yangervis Solarte enjoys memorable NPB debut, slugging game-winning homer against Giants

Yangervis Solarte hasn't even been in Japan that long and yet Hanshin Tigers fans already love him.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jul 22, 2019

BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo's move to No. 2 in order could help spark change

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo is not your typical No. 2 batter. Or is he? The answer probably depends on the brand of baseball you prefer.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 20, 2019

BayStars starter Kentaro Taira stifles red-hot Dragons

Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez knew his team was going to need a big performance in order to slow down the streaking Chunichi Dragons and their star pitcher Yuya Yanagi.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jul 14, 2019

'Sushi Boy' Brandon Laird looking like perfect fit for Marines

Whenever Brandon Laird hits a home run, Chiba Lotte Marines fans know it's time for sushi.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 13, 2019

All-Star catcher and cancer survivor Fumihito Haraguchi encourages others battling illness

Fumihito Haraguchi was recovering from surgery to combat cancer when the NPB season began.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 13, 2019

PL outslugs CL in NPB All-Star Series opener

After watching the home run derby before the game, some Seibu Lions, past and present, put on a power show of their own.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 12, 2019

Swallows reliever Scott McGough thrilled to be late addition to CL All-Star team

Scott McGough was planning to use his time off during the All-Star break to head down to Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was going to walk around and see the sights and then maybe relax on a beach somewhere.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jul 8, 2019

Giants beginning to hit stride ahead of All-Star break

Following a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners in March, Yomiuri Giants manager Tastunori Hara mused that the MLB club's lineup looked similar to his own.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 4, 2019

Giants grab early lead against Dragons, extend winning streak to five

All it took was one ball, right were Hayato Sakamoto likes it, for the suddenly surging Yomiuri Giants to get off and running toward another victory.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 22, 2019

Giants whip Hawks, stay in contention for interleague crown

It'll essentially be winner-take-all for this season's interleague title.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jun 16, 2019

Hitting for cycle no common occurrence for NPB players

Let's talk about the cycle for a minute.

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LIFE / Digital

Jun 16, 2019

Keita Takahashi: The world is alive with the fun of Wattam

Designer of the cult game Katamari Damacy talks about his new game, Wattum, and how a goat changed his life.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 14, 2019

Dragons starter Yuya Yanagi fans 13 in electrifying complete-game effort

The Chiba Lotte Marines invited the band from nearby Narashino High School to sit in left field and power their cheering section on Friday night.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 12, 2019

Reliever Scott Mathieson happy to be back on mound for Giants

Scott Mathieson had appeared in 393 games for the Yomiuri Giants entering this season. Over the past seven years, he's come out the Yomiuri bullpen mostly tasked with either protecting leads, keeping the Kyojin in games or closing out wins.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts

Jun 10, 2019

Hanshin's Fumihito Haraguchi has already written inspiring story in comeback from cancer

The past week was one of returns in Japanese baseball.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.

From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past

By Alex K.T. Martin

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Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

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