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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 / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 18, 2011
Sledge leading charge for surprise-package BayStars
The Yokohama BayStars lost 95 games last season and it seemed like everybody in Japanese baseball got their licks in against the struggling team.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2011
Late rally helps BayStars earn tie against Swallows
The newly supercharged Yokohama BayStars were staging another rally at Jingu Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2011
Penn earns win as Marines avoid sweep in season-opening series
Hayden Penn made sure a pair of early runs didn't ruin his first start of the season. He also made sure the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles didn't leave QVC Marine Field with a season-opening three-game sweep.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2011
Eagles' Speier humbled by tough 2010 season
Given the circumstances, the majority of baseball fans — the notable exception being Chiba Lotte Marines supporters — around the nation were probably rooting for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to win their first game of the season on Tuesday so as to instill some sense of joy in the disaster-hit...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2011
Eagles triumph in dramatic opener
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles wanted to win this game. They wanted to win for themselves, but mostly they wanted to win in order to give their fans in Tohoku a little something to feel good about.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2011
Matsui, Rakuten want to be positive force this season
Kazuo Matsui saw firsthand the damage caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami when he and the rest of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles visited Sendai on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2011
Tigers ready to make run at title
The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming NPB season. Team-by-team previews of the six Central League clubs are in order of predicted finish.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 12, 2011
Japanese baseball finally ready to get season under way
"Gambaro Tohoku.''
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2011
Hawks poised to take flight in '11
The following is the first of a two-part preview for the upcoming NPB season. Team-by-team previews of the six Pacific League clubs are in order of predicted finish.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 10, 2011
Bannister in no man's land after move by Giants
Brian Bannister may not pitch a single regular-season inning for the Yomiuri Giants this year.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Apr 5, 2011
Swallows could have what it takes to challenge CL's Big Three in '11
Norichika Aoki led Japanese baseball with a .358 batting average and turned out the second most single-season hits (209) in Central League history last year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2011
NPB unites for common cause on field
Jingu Stadium was alive for the first time in weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2011
Athletics showing commitment to Japan
Oakland Athletics slugger Hideki Matsui and Seattle Mariners superstar Ichiro Suzuki, have already contributed to the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. With the help of the A's, they'll be able to do a little more.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 29, 2011
Arai plays vital role in helping baseball do right thing
Years from now, when fans look back at the 2011 NPB season, it should be noted somewhere that Hanshin Tigers third baseman Takahiro Arai's biggest hit came before the season, when the Central League finally relented and shifted its season openers to April 12.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2011
Ramirez to salute disaster victims after HRs
Alex Ramirez's generally jovial, gregarious disposition sometimes makes it easy to forget there's a more serious side to the Yomiuri Giants star.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 22, 2011
Central League's reputation takes hit in scheduling row
The show must go on. At least so says the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 20, 2011
MLB family reaching out to help Japan
The relationship between Japan and Major League Baseball stretches back over a century with a number of highs and lows dotting the landscape along the way.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 15, 2011
Many in sporting world reach out to Japan
One can only imagine the thoughts going through the minds of the athletes from Miyagi Prefecture's two major sports teams, Nippon Professional Baseball's Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Velgata Sendai from the J. League, right now.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 12, 2011
Giant earthquake rattles players, fans at ballpark
There was nothing amiss at Yokohama Stadium.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 8, 2011
Foreign hurlers face pivotal season after recovering from injuries
Seth Greisinger walked off the field at Tokyo Dome on Thursday looking relaxed and at ease. At the same time, Alex Graman had his glove tucked under his arm as he chatted with a reporter and teammate Dee Brown in front of the visitors' dugout.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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