author

 
Menu
Search
 
April 28, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
Jason Coskrey

Meta

Twitter

@JCoskrey

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
May 29, 2012
Nakata stars as Fighters beat Giants
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans who bought tickets for Monday night's game came hoping to see a good show.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
May 22, 2012
Sakaguchi injury latest blow for underperforming Buffaloes
Tomotaka Sakaguchi separated his shoulder making a catch, and the run still scored.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2012
Giants defeat Buffaloes
Hayato Sakamoto and the Yomiuri Giants might be finally hitting their stride. Which might be bad news for the Pacific League.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2012
Marines edge Hawks in 11 on sac fly
Katsuya Kakunaka didn't look comfortable being on the hero interview. At the level he's playing right now, he had better get used to it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 12, 2012
Overuse could be a factor in Asao's drop in efficiency this season
Chunichi Dragons reliever Takuya Asao gave up an earned run against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows during the eighth inning of Thursday's game at Nagoya Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2012
Giants edge Carp on Kamei's homer
Between being hit in the face with a pitch and struggling at the plate early this year, it's safe to say Yoshiyuki Kamei's season hasn't been going well.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2012
Past experiences help Falkenborg thrive in new role
Brian Falkenborg stepped out of the dugout shadows and into the sunlight at QVC Marine Stadium and said he didn't expect it to be as warm as it was.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2012
Matsunaka lifts Hawks past Marines
The Chiba Lotte Marines couldn't come through for their pitcher again.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2012
Greisinger, Marines end Fighters' four-game winning streak
Seth Greisinger was back in his old stomping ground, but for all it mattered, he could've been on the moon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2012
Fernandez carries Eagles past Marines
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles squandered the first advantage Jose Fernandez gave them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 16, 2012
No changes to draft, posting system forthcoming says NPB commissioner
In October the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pulled off a minor shocker by drafting highly-touted Tokai University pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2012
Kato says NPB must work to keep stars
Between Game 7 of the 2011 Japan Series and Opening Day of the 2012 season, five players left Japan to play in MLB.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2012
Opportunistic Dragons force tie against Giants
Ryosuke Hirata represented the Chunichi Dragons' last line of defense as he scooped up Shunichi Murata's two-out ninth-inning single in right field, as Takahiro Suzuki rounded third with his sights set on scoring the winning run for the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2012
Takeda blanks punchless Marines as Fighters notch third straight victory
Masaru Takeda gave the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters everything he had. In the ninth inning, they finally gave him a helping hand.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2012
Iron-man Murton taking no chances with injury
Missing games isn't something Matt Murton is used to doing. The 30-year-old outfielder has proven to be remarkably durable over the course of his career, so it was odd to not see him on the field for the first three games of the Hanshin Tigers' season because of a strained hamstring.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2012
Brazell hands spotlight to Ando as Tigers down Swallows
Craig Brazell certainly earned the right to share the stage with teammate Yuya Ando, he just didn't feel up to it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 1, 2012
Aggressive Ishikawa impressive in opener
The 2012 NPB season opened Friday and it wasn't bereft of a little bit drama on Opening Day. The fans at Tokyo Dome nearly saw a bit of history as Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher Masanori Ishikawa flirted with the first no-hitter in Opening Day history.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2012
Swallows' Ishikawa stifles Giants in opener
Masanori Ishikawa often makes runs hard to come by. On this night, the Yomiuri Giants should feel fortunate to even have gotten on base.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 30, 2012
Cespedes, Colon help A's bounce back
Before Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes arrived in MLB, his highlight video made the rounds, showing the outfielder hitting homers, lifting weights and, oddly enough, standing beside a pig roasting on a spit.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 30, 2012
For Kawasaki, new challenge provides fun experience
Munenori Kawasaki had it all in Japan.
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

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027
Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER