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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 17, 2017
Giants' Taguchi silences Marines, gets big run support in blowout victory
After beginning interleague play in the middle of what would become an historic low, the Yomiuri Giants are poised to end the annual midseason competition on a high note.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2017
Veteran slugger Pena brings much-needed power to Marines
After watching Wily Mo Pena give them what they hope is a taste of things to come, the Chiba Lotte Marines fans in the visitor's section at Tokyo Dome could only stand and applaud.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 12, 2017
Eagles show mettle during series with Carp
While you never want to get too caught up in a series in early June, the results from Sendai over the weekend are well worth remembering as the season stretches onward.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 8, 2017
Giants enduring historic losing streak
In their 83 years of existence, the Yomiuri Giants have never had a stretch quite this bad.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 5, 2017
Former Yomiuri star Cromartie still feels at home in Japan
The legacy of Warren Cromartie has endured in Japanese baseball even though it's been decades since the former Yomiuri Giants star laced up his cleats in Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2017
Exhibition highlights legacy of U.S.-Japan baseball ties
Warren Cromartie, formerly of the Yomiuri Giants in NPB and the Montreal Expos and Kansas City Royals in MLB, pointed at Masanori Murakami and called him "a hero."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 29, 2017
Carp star Suzuki working on 'godlike' encore
Hiroshima Carp outfielder Seiya Suzuki was "godlike" last season. At least that was the word.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
May 28, 2017
Unusual controllers preside at BitSummit
A man wearing a blue shirt and box over his head wandered the floor at Kyoto's Miyako Messe exhibition hall. As passersby stopped to look, he handed them empty lotion pump bottles and invited them to try squirting them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2017
Carp hurler Okada gets big support from offense, holds Giants in check
The Hiroshima Carp have pretty much dominated the Yomiuri Giants this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2017
Sato ends epic winless drought against Giants
Haunted to some extent by a poor showing in his last outing, Yoshinori Sato took the mound determined to set things right.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 15, 2017
Marines need solutions after problematic start
The Chiba Lotte Marines are playing very, very badly right now. Almost unbelievably so, and that's really putting it rather mildly.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2017
NPB begins promoting upcoming All-Star series
Nippon Professional Baseball officially kicked off the countdown to this year's All-Star series during a news conference on Thursday at a Tokyo Hotel.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2017
Intuition pays off as Fukudome switches bats, slugs homer in victory over Giants
Kosuke Fukudome just had a feeling.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2017
Tigers' Messenger off to sensational start this season
A baseball season may be a marathon, but there's something to be said for getting off to a fast start.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 8, 2017
Hanshin's Campbell working to get up to speed
For Eric Campbell, some introductions in Japan have to come with an explanation. Because it's not everyday you run into a guy who answers to 'Soup.'
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2017
Fukudome's hot bat sends Tigers past Swallows again
There were fireworks the last time the Hanshin Tigers' Shintaro Fujinami pitched against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2017
Giants' Sugano extends shutout streak to three with five-hitter against BayStars
Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Hisanori Takahashi predicted Tomoyuki Sugano would throw his third consecutive shutout on Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome. His former teammate, and current Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez, believed, and hoped, there would be a different outcome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 2, 2017
Giants not getting full value from new faces
The Yomiuri Giants, stung perhaps by pennant-less seasons in 2015 and 2016 or their inability to stay within 17½ games of the Hiroshima Carp last year, spent much of the offseason wheeling and dealing. Now one month into the 2017 season, their fans might be wondering what it was all for.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2017
Mogi, Peguero hit it off for high-flying Eagles
Eigoro Mogi and Carlos Peguero have been one of the most dynamic duos in Japanese baseball so far this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 24, 2017
Messenger staying ahead of Japanese baseball learning curve
There aren't many pitchers in Japan who cut a more imposing figure on the mound than the Hanshin Tigers' Randy Messenger. There might not be any actually.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Global matcha 'obsession' drinks Japan's tea farms dry
Matcha is added to beverages on offer at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 20.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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