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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
Jul 21, 2012
JPBPA unanimously votes to boycott WBC
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association decided against participating in the next edition of the World Baseball Classic during a meeting on Friday in Osaka.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 17, 2012
Nakahata's BayStars need results to go with new attitude
After batting practice prior to a game against the Hiroshima Carp, Yokohama BayStars manager Kiyoshi Nakahata walked past a throng of fan club members on his way to the clubhouse.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2012
Chono slugs Giants past Carp
Hisayoshi Chono gave the Hiroshima Carp and pitcher Keisuke Imai an early warning that Thursday just wasn't going to be their night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2012
BayStars cruise past Swallows
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BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jul 10, 2012
Milledge coming through for Swallows after being moved to leadoff spot
Lastings Milledge nearly put a ball into orbit against the Chunichi Dragons on a cool night at half-full (at best) Jingu Stadium last Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 8, 2012
Balentien having a blast during second season in Japan
Wladimir Balentien's cousins began calling him "Coco" when he was 4-years old, because it was easier to say than his name, and the moniker stuck.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2012
Early outburst ignites Giants in series opener against Tigers
The Yomiuri Giants must have had somewhere to be after their game on Friday night. Because they didn't waste any time putting the Hanshin Tigers away.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2012
Swallows pound Dragons
Lastings Milledge ended his home-run trot with a salsa dance in front of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dugout.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 2, 2012
Blanco has last laugh, garners CL All-Star nod
After last season's Japan Series, there were questions about whether or not Tony Blanco would be back with the Chunichi Dragons this year. When the club signed veteran first baseman Takeshi Yamasaki, who spent years starring for other teams after coming up in the Dragons' system, many wondered how much...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2012
Kato showed strong leadership in introducing new ball, Mizuno says
Kim Yu Na played a huge role in securing the 2018 Winter Olympics for Pyeongchang, South Korea, last year. Prior to that, David Beckham helped do the same for London, which will host this year's Summer Games.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2012
Sugiuchi wins ninth as Giants close in on first
The Yomiuri Giants are so close to first place, they can smell it.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 26, 2012
Swallows not dwelling on disastrous interleague campaign
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows survived the interleague season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2012
Swallows' Barnette adapting to new role
In his two-plus seasons in Japan, Tony Barnette has gone from being a starter, to released, to re-signed, to a reliever, and finally a closer for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2012
Giants get back to basics in victory over Swallows
Tatsunori Hara's first game back at home since his scandal broke was uneventful.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 19, 2012
Yoshikawa, Otonari off to strong starts this year
So at what point does the other shoe drop for Mitsuo Yoshikawa and Kenji Otonari?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2012
Foreign players' message sometimes lost in translation
Foreign ballplayers in Japan have had their words misunderstood for as long as there have been foreign ballplayers in Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2012
Gonzalez thrives after recent return to Giants
Edgar Gonzalez is back and he's hit the ground running.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Jun 5, 2012
NPB may not have seen last no-no
Japanese baseball went five full seasons without a no-hitter until the Hiroshima Carp's Kenta Maeda threw one against the Yokohama BayStars April 6.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 4, 2012
Ramirez still learning, producing on baseball diamond
History has seen lots of baseball players play for long periods of time — Chunichi's Masahiro Yamamoto, in his 29th season, and Jamie Moyer, still pitching in the U.S. at age 49, to name a pair — but no one has yet figured out how to play forever.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 2, 2012
Sugiuchi usually at his best in month of May
Toshiya Sugiuchi is a former Pacific League MVP and Sawamura award winner and has been among NPB's elite pitchers for years.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
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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