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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
Sep 15, 2010
Ogasawara wields big stick for surging Giants
The Yomiuri Giants and Tokyo Yakult Swallows aren't far from each other in terms of location. The distance between the crosstown rivals in the Central League standings, however, just got a little bit wider.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 10, 2010
Standridge key figure for Tigers down stretch
Good pitching trumps good hitting. That's usually the rule of thumb come playoff time.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2010
Maeda double team clips Swallows' wings
In his 21st season, Tomonori Maeda doesn't have too many more chances to play the hero. Kenta Maeda on the other hand is just getting started.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 7, 2010
Pair of veteran hurlers still have something left to give
A pair of veteran pitchers briefly turned back the clock.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 4, 2010
Swallows hold off late-charging 'Stars
YOKOHAMA — Earlier in the year the Tokyo Yakult Swallows were a team going nowhere.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2010
Nishiguchi-led Lions climb into first place
TOKOROZAWA — There's still some life left in Fumiya Nishiguchi's right arm.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 3, 2010
Orix's Kaneko on fire as Buffs chase playoffs
Just call Chihiro Kaneko a late bloomer.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 31, 2010
Patience pays off for Giants infielder Gonzalez
Foreign ballplayers take to Japan in many different ways. Some, like first-year Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton, hit the ground running. Murton is hitting .339, with 15 HRs and 77 RBIs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2010
Ramirez eyes 2,000 hits
Alex Ramirez has his eyes on the future.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2010
Rami breaks Oh's RBI mark
As soon as wood met rawhide, Alex Ramirez threw his arms up in celebration.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2010
Ramirez: Record is 'blessing from God'
Yomiuri Giants slugger Alex Ramirez carved out a place for himself in Japanese baseball history by recording his eighth consecutive season with at least 100 RBIs with a two-home run, five-RBI performance against the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 25, 2010
Late heroics carry Giants
Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai didn't watch Michihiro Ogasawara's last at-bat from the dugout. He didn't need to either. The cheers of the Yomiuri faithful told him all he needed to know.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 24, 2010
Carp outfielders turning heads
Fans sitting in the first few rows along the outfield wall at Hiroshima's Mazda Stadium can leave their gloves at home.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2010
Rodman takes game to streets
Time waits for no man, and Dennis Rodman is no exception.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2010
Victorious Giants make Tigers pay for miscues
Ryota Wakiya taught Hanshin Tigers rookie Takumi Akiyama one of the most important lessons a pitcher can learn.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2010
Rami-led Giants regain power in rout of Tigers
Moving a step closer to 40 home runs was the easy part for Alex Ramirez. Getting teammate Yoshitomo Tani to join him onstage for a post-game performance during the hero interview? Now that took some effort.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 17, 2010
Central League teams jockey for position in critical week
When the dust settles in the Central League, the top three teams — whoever they may be — might look back at this week as the period when everything either began to come together or started to fall apart.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2010
Potent sluggers set tone for triumphant Giants against BayStars
A replay review was needed to confirm Hayato Sakamoto had actually led off the first inning with a home run.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2010
Gonzalez-led Giants snap losing streak
It wasn't pretty, but the Yomiuri Giants will take it. A win is a win after all.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 10, 2010
Cuba-U.S. finale showcases baseball's Olympic worth
Sadaharu Oh saw a great game on Saturday night. Too bad IOC president Jacques Rogge wasn't there to watch it with him.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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