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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

Jul 26, 2009

Matsunaka powers PL to win

Takeya Nakamura won the home run derby that was held before the All-Star Game in Hiroshima.

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Jul 24, 2009

Alums happy to suit up once again for Fighting Irish

The Notre Dame Legends team offense had just botched a play when someone kicked a football across the field.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 24, 2009

Brazell making most of second Japan stint

During Hanshin Tigers first baseman Craig Brazell's recent stint with the independent league St. Paul (Min.) Saints, he got used to teaching and doling out advice to the team's younger players.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 18, 2009

Tigers' bats heat up in ninth vs. Giants

Takashi Toritani and the Hanshin Tigers taught Yomiuri Giants fans a valuable lesson during their most recent meeting.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

Jul 17, 2009

Top-of-the-class Kato powers Japan to title

Down to the their final out and trailing by three runs, Japan was looking for a miracle in the finale of the USA vs. Japan Collegiate Championships.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 17, 2009

Collegians get chance to put skills on display

While high school players usually get most attention as professional baseball's potential stars of tomorrow, the college kids took their turn in the limelight in front of fans and pro scouts this week.

BASEBALL / MLB

Jul 15, 2009

Washiya eyes quick climb to majors

Naoya Washiya had to wait a little longer than expected before seeing his name in the MLB Draft.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 14, 2009

'Prince' Saito recovers to lift Japan

Yuki Saito may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but college baseball's Prince Charming still got his storybook finish. Just barely.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 10, 2009

Solid pitching keeping Dragons in CL race

The Chunichi Dragons have had some rough beginnings this year, but as their pitching staff rounds into form, Hiromitsu Ochiai's team is setting itself up to make some noise in the Central League pennant race.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 9, 2009

Giants' Sakamoto ends slump with a 'sayonara' homer

Mired in a terrible slump, Hayato Sakamoto found the perfect cure for his ills at the plate.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jul 3, 2009

Obispo gets off the mark as Giants overwhelm Carp

The beer's on Kenta Kurihara tonight.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jul 3, 2009

Passed over by MLB, Inaba shines at home

Funny as it seems, being passed over for the major leagues might have been the best thing that could have happened to Atsunori Inaba.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 28, 2009

Itoi, Nioka ignite Nippon Ham

CHIBA — Yoshio Itoi and Tomohiro Nioka both played for Kinki University but never together on the same team.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 27, 2009

Closer Kroon ready to help Giants after return from injury

The Yomiuri Giants have ended the interleague season and are eager to return to extending their dominance of the Central League.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 27, 2009

Giants rap out 15 hits, end Tateyama's streak

With the King of Pop blasting through the sound system, the Yomiuri Giants reminded the Tokyo Yakult Swallows why they've been wearing the crown in the Central League for two years and running.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 26, 2009

Sugiuchi sure Hawks will contend in PL race

The Central League probably couldn't get rid of Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitcher Toshiya Sugiuchi fast enough by the end of the 2009 interleague season.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 21, 2009

Big first inning helps Giants chase starter Watanabe, defeat Marines

The Yomiuri Giants wanted to hit the ground running in their final interleague series of the season. As a result, they ran all over Shunsuke Watanabe and the Chiba Lotte Marines.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 19, 2009

Interleague success puts Hawks in chase

No tiebreakers needed this year, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks stand alone.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Jun 13, 2009

Ramirez studied video to regain power stroke

Reigning Central League MVP Alex Ramirez is used to hearing a chorus sugoi (amazing) rain down from the stands after fans watch him send ball after ball into orbit.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Jun 12, 2009

Kishi quietly showing he is one of PL's elite hurlers

Hokkaido Nippon Ham ace Yu Darvish and Tohoku Rakuten fireballer Masahiro Tanaka have — and deservedly so — dominated most of the headlines regarding Pacific League pitchers this season.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.

Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.

By Tomoko Otake

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Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones

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