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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

Nov 9, 2010

Team unity carries Marines to title

NAGOYA — Norifumi Nishimura and the Chiba Lotte Marines have come full circle.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 8, 2010

Marines win Game 7, 2010 Japan Series

NAGOYA — The Chiba Lotte Marines have got wa. Now they have another Japan Series title to go along with it.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 7, 2010

Marathon Game 6 ends in rare 2-2 tie

NAGOYA — The Chiba Lotte Marines and Chunichi Dragons played longer than any two teams in Japan Series history.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 6, 2010

Well-traveled Penn plays pivotal role in Marines' Game 5 win

The Chiba Lotte Marines were taking a chance holding back ace Yoshihisa Naruse in Game 5 of the Japan Series, where a loss would've left them in an uphill battle to win the title.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 5, 2010

Marines pummel Dragons, lead 3-2

CHIBA — The Chiba Lotte Marines already knew the Japan Series would have to be won in Nagoya. A big night at the plate just means they won't have as much work to do when they get there.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 4, 2010

Oshima's 11th-inning triple lifts Dragons

CHIBA — The story of the Japan Series had been the play of the Chiba Lotte Marines rookie Ikuhiro Kiyota. In Game 4, Chunichi Dragons first-year player Yohei Oshima evened the score and the series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 3, 2010

Watanabe, Kiyota carry Marines to Game 3 triumph

CHIBA — After a month on the road, the Chiba Lotte Marines finally returned home. The way the Marines played suggests that they're not planning on leaving again.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 2, 2010

Kinder, gentler Ochiai remains shrewd

NAGOYA — Maybe it's because the Chunichi Dragons are the Central League pennant winners or maybe it's the fact he's facing off against the franchise where he became a star, but this Japan Series has brought out a kinder, gentler Hiromitsu Ochiai.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 2, 2010

Chen pleased with Game 2 performance

NAGOYA — Chen Wei-yin was nervous. A day earlier, he watched the upstart Chiba Lotte Marines pick apart teammate Kazuki Yoshimi and now it was his turn to toe the rubber in what many deemed as a must-win game for the Chunichi Dragons.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 1, 2010

Imae shows maturity in second trip to Japan Series

NAGOYA — Almost every other comment out of Toshiaki Imae's mouth has suggested this season's Japan Series is totally different from the 2005 edition.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Nov 1, 2010

Dragons dominate in Game 2

NAGOYA — There will be no sweep in the 2010 Japan Series.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 31, 2010

Marines triumph in Game 1

NAGOYA — An improbable postseason just keeps getting more unbelievable for the Chiba Lotte Marines. Three more wins and their fairy tale will be complete.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 30, 2010

Marines, Dragons prepare to lock horns

NAGOYA — After several months, the Japanese baseball landscape has cleared and there are two teams still standing.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Oct 26, 2010

Postseason pressure bringing out the best in Marines ace Naruse

Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordan's recent book, "Field of Screams," revealed that Chiba Lotte Marines ace Yoshihisa Naruse is afraid of ghosts and carries an amulet in his equipment bag to protect himself from evil spirits.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK

Oct 25, 2010

Veteran guile, wisdom aided Dragons in CL Climax Series clincher

The Chunichi Dragons have their fair share of youth on the roster, but it was a group of veterans who helped them reach the Japan Series with a 4-3 win over the Yomiuri Giants in Game 4 of the Central League Climax Series on Saturday.

BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN

Oct 19, 2010

Playoff schedule denies NPB center stage

Major League Baseball, as it has done throughout its playoffs, showcased the best of the best over the weekend.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 18, 2010

Giants rally past Tigers, earn sweep

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. — Big Daddy came up with the big hit.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 18, 2010

Unsung heroes make key contributions for Giants

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. — Yoshiyuki Kamei went 0-for-5 in Game 2 of the first stage of the Central League Climax Series. After the Yomiuri Giants' series-clinching 7-6 victory, he was hailed as a hero by teammate Alex Ramirez and praised by manager Tatsunori Hara.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 17, 2010

Giants top Tigers in opener

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. — The ball was working its way out of Hayato Sakamoto's glove in the eighth inning as a bases-loaded jam was about to turn into a full-on disaster.

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Oct 16, 2010

Giants-Tigers series looks like a tossup

OSAKA — The Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers have the fiercest rivalry in all of Japan. Their storied feud gets taken to a new level this year as they meet for the first time in the postseason.

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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