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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 / 2007 NPB PLAYOFFS

Oct 9, 2007

Marines draw first blood against Hawks

CHIBA — On a windy day on Tokyo Bay, the Chiba Lotte Marines picked up where they left off in the 2005 playoffs and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks starter Kazumi Saito's playoff woes continued.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 9, 2007

Saito still struggling when it comes to playoffs

CHIBA — Softbank pitcher Kazumi Saito will have to wait for redemption a little while longer.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 3, 2007

Giants rally past Swallows to clinch Central League crown

Thousands of Yomiuri fans turned out for the Giants' game against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome looking for a celebration, and the home team made sure they got one.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 27, 2007

Giants stage comeback to beat Dragons at Dome

The much anticipated pitching duel between Kenta Asakura and Hisanori Takahashi fizzled early but Ryota Wakiya and Takahiko Nomaguchi still put on a show.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 26, 2007

Giants put on power show against Dragons, reclaim CL lead

When the Yomiuri Giants' offense is clicking the Kyojin are a hard team to beat. When they get the pitching to go along with that, they're almost unbeatable.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 25, 2007

Ham hurlers make Fighters tasty-looking prospect for Japan Series

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' offense has faced incredible struggles in the absence of star centerfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Michihiro Ogasawara and rank toward the bottom in most of the Pacific League offensive categories.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 24, 2007

Tanaka bids Tokyo Dome a fond farewell

Barring a meeting with the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series, Hokkaido Nippon Ham's Yukio Tanaka played his final game at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday night against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and he went out with a bang.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 20, 2007

Darvish backed up by offense as Fighters down Eagles

Yu Darvish wasn't as dominant as he usually is but with the Fighters' offense clicking for once he didn't have to be.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 19, 2007

Takeda settles down, pitches big game

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters still aren't getting much run support, but as long as they keep winning they'll take what they can get.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 16, 2007

Takahashi lives up to 'ace' label

On a pitching staff that has been plagued by a string of bad games, Yomiuri Giants ace Hisanori Takahashi pitched eight shutout innings to lead the Giants to a 3-0 win over the Hiroshima Carp on Saturday night before a packed house at Tokyo Dome.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 15, 2007

Giants battle past Carp in 12

Takayuki Shimizu drove in the winning-run in the 12th and the Yomiuri Giants overcame a five-run ninth-inning deficit to earn a 9-8 "sayonara" victory against Hiroshima Carp in front of 39,167 fans at Tokyo Dome on Friday night.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 14, 2007

Fighters' pitchers frustrate Marines

CHIBA — Hokkaido Nippon Ham jumped ahead in a four-run third and held on behind a strong performance from its pitching staff to defeat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-1 on Thursday night at Chiba Marine Stadium.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 12, 2007

Reliever Fujikawa plays big part as Tigers storm to CL lead

The Hanshin Tigers' win over the Yomiuri Giants in a thrilling 10-inning, five-hour affair left one radio announcer speechless on Sunday at Tokyo Dome.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 9, 2007

Tigers take over Central League lead

The Hanshin Tigers may not hit as many home runs as the Yomiuri Giants but they sure pick their spots well.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Sep 5, 2007

Naruse improves to 11-0 against PL ballclubs

CHIBA — The last time Yoshihisa Naruse lost a game was over two months ago. If he keeps up his current pace, it could be a couple of months before he loses again.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 23, 2007

Hollins' homer leads Giants past Dragons

Damon Hollins said it was only a matter of time before the Yomiuri Giants broke out of their recent slump. Hollins did his part against the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday with a 120-meter blast to left field in the seventh inning that led the Giants to a 3-1 win in front of 43,878 fans at Tokyo Dome....

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 19, 2007

Veteran hurler Greisinger silences Giants' potent offense

Yakult Swallows hurler Seth Greisinger took the mound against the most potent offense in Japanese baseball and responded with eight shutout innings to lead his ballclub to a 3-0 victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday night.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 18, 2007

Lee's bat, Takahashi's defense carry Giants past Swallows

This season has been a struggle at times for Yomiuri Giants first baseman Lee Seung Yeop. The Korean slugger has been dropped out of the cleanup role, batted in the lower reaches of the Giants' batting order and endured a stint on the disabled list.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 17, 2007

Omura provides spark for Marines

CHIBA — Shunsuke Watanabe entered Thursday's game between the Chiba Lotte Marines as a pitcher in need of a good break. Lucky for him Saburo Omura was more than willing to deliver.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Aug 10, 2007

Giants, Tigers play to 2-2 tie

The Hanshin batters were the stars of the second game of a three-game set between the Yomiuri Giants and the Tigers. One night after that offensive explosion it was the bullpens that stole the show.

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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Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

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