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MARATHON

Japan Times
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Mar 15, 2022
Successor to Fukuoka International Marathon set for December
The new race scheduled for Dec. 4 is set to feature around 100 elite runners, according to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations.
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Mar 13, 2022
Ruth Chepngetich earns $250,000 for Nagoya Women's Marathon win
Kenya's Chepngetich, the 2019 world marathon champion and 2021 Chicago Marathon winner, crossed the line at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in 2 hours, 17 minutes, 18 seconds.
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Feb 27, 2022
Rising star Gaku Hoshi thrills in joint Osaka-Biwako marathon
In a race featuring 300 elite male and female runners, Hoshi broke out of a three-man pack around the 38-kilometer mark and ran solo the rest of the way.
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Nov 8, 2021
Tokyo Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins NYC marathon
Jepchirchir is the first athlete to pick up Olympic gold and win the New York Marathon in the same year.
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Oct 11, 2021
Ethiopia's Seifu Tura wins Chicago Marathon; Kengo Suzuki finishes fourth
Ethiopia's Seifu Tura won the men's race in the return of the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, finishing ahead of fourth-placed Kengo Suzuki.
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Sep 3, 2021
Boston Marathon runners must be vaccinated or provide negative COVID-19 test
The October race will be limited to 20,000 participants in order to allow for physical distancing between runners.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
Women's marathon to start one hour earlier due to Sapporo heat
It is forecast to be 25 degrees Celsius at the new start time, rising to 28 degrees by 8 a.m., then 30 degrees an hour later, with 90% humidity.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
World Athletics chief says ‘no asterisk’ needed for Tokyo Games
Two-time gold medalist Sebastian Coe believes Japan's reputation will emerge stronger as the troubled Olympics begin their second full week of competition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise in Sapporo just as Olympic events get underway
Hokkaido's capital is hosting soccer games and will host marathon events, but the mayor is now calling for stronger coronavirus measures as the number of cases jumps.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 22, 2021
Elegy for a heartbroken Japanese Olympic medalist
Despite earning a bronze in the marathon at the Tokyo Games in 1964, Kokichi Tsuburaya was plunged into a downward spiral until his tragic end.
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Jul 11, 2021
Nasa Hataoka opens six-shot lead at Marathon Classic
Hataoka carded eight birdies and one bogey during the solid round that gave her a 54-hole course record at 19-under 194 at Highland Meadows Golf Club.
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May 18, 2021
New York Marathon returns after 2020 cancellation
A limited field of 33,000 runners will return to the starting line for the 50th running of the New York City Marathon in November after it was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
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May 6, 2021
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says Olympic organizers delivered on COVID-19 protocols
'The organizing committee here not only demonstrated the ability to stage an event on the field of play, it also demonstrated the ability to deliver across other complexities,' Coe said.
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May 5, 2021
Japan Olympic team member Mao Ichiyama wins Sapporo half marathon
The 23-year-old beat her Olympic teammates with a new personal-best time on Sunday in the Tokyo 2020 test event, which was scaled down by organizers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 3, 2021
Six foreign athletes to participate in Olympic marathon test event in Sapporo
Six overseas athletes who have booked their spots in this summer's Tokyo Olympic marathon will take part in the half-marathon race of the upcoming Sapporo Marathon Festival, the event's organizers said Sunday.
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Apr 18, 2021
Marathon runners sweating over future of 2021 races
Steven Rojas was ready. He had already started the program of long runs, track workouts, and tempo efforts prescribed by Brooklyn Track Club in anticipation of running the 2020 New York Marathon.
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Mar 16, 2021
Boston Marathon to cap entrants at 20,000 amid pandemic
This year's Boston Marathon will be limited to 20,000 entrants in a bid allow greater social distancing throughout the course given the COVID-19 pandemic, race organizers said on Monday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 13, 2021
U.S. marathoners reflect on challenges of Olympic delay ahead of Tokyo Games
Molly Seidel, a Boston-based runner, spent the year learning to 'embrace the chaos.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 2, 2021
Guinness recognizes Yuki Kawauchi for 100th sub-2:20 marathon
The former 'citizen runner,' who gained international attention after winning the 2018 Boston Marathon, hit the triple-digit mark last December at the Hofu Marathon in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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Mar 1, 2021
Kengo Suzuki still in state of shock after setting Japan marathon record
Suzuki's win made him the first Japanese runner to complete a sub-2:05 marathon.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu 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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
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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