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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.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 11, 2009
Offseason moves give BayStars hope for 2009
For a team that couldn't do anything right during the season, things sure seem to be going well for the Yokohama BayStars this offseason.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Jan 10, 2009
Pitching in Camden Yards will be a real challenge for Uehara
Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Koji Uehara made his major league aspirations known early on.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 22, 2008
WBC organizers happy with event's progress
There's talk of revenge ahead of the 2009 World Baseball Classic and it's music to the organizers' ears.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Dec 16, 2008
Ichiro, Dice-K headline Japan WBC candidates
Major League Baseball stars Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka headline a host of players revealed as the primary candidates to play for Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, it was announced on Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 7, 2008
Miura's decision to remain with struggling BayStars admirable
The Yokohama BayStars reached the Nippon Professional Baseball summit in 1998 behind 12-game winner Daisuke Miura.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Dec 5, 2008
Spirits with Koga as she claimed JLPGA money title
Miho Koga was finally able to break through.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 22, 2008
Wakamatsu makes history, but faces tough job ahead
The Seattle Mariners are hoping they made a big splash with the hiring of Major League Baseball's first Asian American manager Don Wakamatsu.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 22, 2008
Iwakuma, Ramirez earn MVP honors
Hisashi Iwakuma gave the Tohoku Rakuten faithful something to smile about and Yomiuri's Alex Ramirez received a well-deserved consolation prize as Nippon Professional Baseball announced its MVP award winners at a Tokyo hotel on Friday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 17, 2008
Asia falls to mighty Lions
The Uni-President Lions kept the Seibu Lions caged for 8 2/3 innings.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2008
Lions let rip in Asian rout
The Seibu Lions didn't need any clutch performances or dramatic comebacks on the third day of the Asian Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2008
Kishi, timely hits lift Seibu
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions proved that Seibu Lions pitcher Takayuki Kishi can be scored upon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 14, 2008
KBO champions defeat Seibu
The SK Wyverns came to this year's Asia Series to take care of some unfinished business.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 13, 2008
Lions prepare for trip into uncharted waters
The Seibu Lions and SK Wyverns went through the final preparations for their matchup in the 2008 edition of the Asia Series during a pair of brief practices on Wednesday at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 12, 2008
NPB champion Lions aim for Asian crown
The Seibu Lions have already proven they are the best team in Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2008
Lions bare teeth to claim Japan Series
Seibu Lions manager Hisanobu Watanabe had a book due out on Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2008
Strength in relief gives pitch-perfect Lions win
Relief pitching was the one clear advantage the Yomiuri Giants had over the Seibu Lions entering the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2008
Lions stay alive, force Game 7
Turns out these Lions have nine lives after all.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2008
Giants are in driver's seat
The Yomiuri Giants held a light workout at Tokyo Dome Friday afternoon on the eve of a crucial tilt against the Seibu Lions in Game 6 of the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008
Cool Kishi shrugs off stage fright
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Making your first Japan Series start against a team with the tradition of the Yomiuri Giants can be a daunting task for even the most veteran of pitchers.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008
Giants move to brink of series glory
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Yomiuri Giants vowed they would be ready for Lions starter Hideaki Wakui the next time they saw him.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
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.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
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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