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MARATHON

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2015
Jury in Boston Marathon bomb trial sees bloodstained note
Jurors in the trial on Tuesday of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got to see the bloodstained message that prosecutors say he wrote on the inside of a boat he was hiding in before his violent capture, explaining his reasoning for killing innocent people.
Japan Times
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Mar 8, 2015
Maeda makes strong bid for worlds in Nagoya Women's Marathon
Sairi Maeda likely sealed a spot on Japan's team for this year's world athletics championships with a strong third-place finish at Sunday's Nagoya Women's Marathon, won by Asian Games champion Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 28, 2015
Security blanket
I noticed there wasn't a terrorist attack on the Tokyo Marathon today.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 23, 2015
Tokyo: Why did you decide to run the Tokyo Marathon?
Mark Buckton caught up with some of the runners in a sweaty state after Sunday's big race.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2015
Scenes from Tokyo Marathon 2015
On Feb. 22, thousands of marathon runners traversed 42 km of Tokyo, and a large number of them went the extra mile in the wardrobe department.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 21, 2015
Running to a standstill
Are you running the Tokyo Marathon this year?
Japan Times
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Dec 7, 2014
Kenya's Makau wins Fukuoka International Marathon
Former world record holder Patrick Makau of Kenya won the Fukuoka International Marathon on Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2014
Comedian Neko wins Cambodia's first modern marathon
Japan-born comedian Hiroshi Neko won Cambodia's first international marathon in front of the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2014
Relay races proliferate as jogging catches on
The long-distance relay races called "ekiden" are growing on the back of the jogging boom, providing opportunities to run for recreation or bond with fellow employees.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2014
Japanese marathoners join hands in Boston
Many Japanese were among the thousands of runners who crossed the 118th Boston Marathon finish line amid tightened security Monday, a year after the bombings that killed three and left more than 260 injured.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2014
Boston bombing marked with defiant memorial
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, along with other leaders and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, shared messages of thanks and defiance Tuesday at a tribute to the three people killed and 264 wounded in the attack exactly one year ago.
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Apr 4, 2014
Japan launches national marathon teams
Call it "Running Samurai" or "Nadeshiko Runners."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 4, 2014
Tim Deluxe makes 'Radicle' move to get healthy
We've all been there before. Sometimes it's a New Year's resolution, sometimes it's the realization that you're out of breath just running up the stairs to catch your last train — but at one point or another, we've all decided to try and get in shape.
Japan Times
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Mar 2, 2014
Worku wins Lake Biwa Marathon
Ethiopia's Bazu Worku won Sunday's Lake Biwa Marathon, denying defending champion Vincent Kipruto of Kenya his second straight title.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 28, 2014
The lesson of the long-distance runner: 'There are no impossibles'
Maickel Melamed was born with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, and his parents were told he would not live long. Almost four decades on, Melamed has crossed marathon finishing lines in New York, Berlin and Chicago — and conquered Venezuela's highest mountain.
Japan Times
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Jan 24, 2014
Akaba aims for pleasing final race at Osaka Women's Marathon
Yukiko Akaba is hoping to end her career with a smile as she prepares for her final race before retiring at the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Sunday.
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Jan 16, 2014
Noguchi withraws from Osaka Marathon
Athens Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi has pulled out of the Osaka International Women's Marathon for the third straight year due to injury, organizers announced Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2013
'Citizen runner' takes unconventional path
Yuki Kawauchi, 26, is a top marathon runner, but he defies the conventional wisdom of the sport in Japan.
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Aug 8, 2013
Marathon runner Noguchi sets goal of earning medal at world championships
Athens Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi said Thursday that she is aiming to win a medal at the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
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May 24, 2013
Marathon runner Yoshida gets one-year doping ban
Kaori Yoshida was stripped of her fourth-place finish in December's Honolulu Marathon on Thursday, when the Japan Anti-Doping Agency revealed she had tested positive for a banned substance.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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