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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 / HIT AND RUN
Sep 21, 2010
PL pitchers Kaneko, Darvish making case to win Sawamura Award
There's nothing that says the Sawamura Award has to be given out.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 18, 2010
Pitching down stretch puts Dragons in position to take CL pennant
The Chunichi Dragons got off to a slow start but they're sprinting toward the finish line.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 17, 2010
Yakult survives late meltdown
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows' chances of making the playoffs are slim, but they weren't about to let a little rain wash away their hopes.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 15, 2010
Best move for Eagles to collect on Iwakuma while they can
Hisashi Iwakuma, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' best pitcher, is ready to see just how greener the grass is in Major League Baseball.
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.
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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.
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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