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[1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only ...
Japan has 14,125 [1] islands, approximately 430 islands are inhabited. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging to, or claimed by, Japan . List
The marathon is popular for its tropical location in Hawaii, and is also popular among first-time marathoners, many of whom are visitors from Japan. Japan Air Lines has been the title sponsor of the race since 1985. About 20,000 runners finish the Honolulu Marathon each year, and it is one of the five largest marathons in the United States [4 ...
Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 5 km 73,206 [16] [17] 11 Hong Kong Marathon: Hong Kong: Hong Kong: 15 January 2015 Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 10 km wheelchair race, 3 km wheelchair race 73,070 [18] 12 Round the Bays: Auckland: New Zealand: 10 March 2013 8.4 km 70,000 [19] 13 JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: Frankfurt Germany 7 June 2018 5.6 km
Kyushu (九州) is the third-largest island of Japan of the five main islands. [11] [122] As of 2016, Kyushu has a population of 12,970,479 and covers 36,782 km 2 (14,202 sq mi). [123] It has the second-highest population density of 307.13 persons/km 2 (2016).
Marugame Half Marathon: Marugame, Japan 10 Miles (road) 45:40 Masanari Shintaku: 19 February 1984 Karatsu, Japan 20,000 m (track) 57:48.7 Toshihiko Seko: 11 May 1985 Odawara, Japan 20 km (road) 56:52+ Taku Fujimoto: 2 February 2020 Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon: Marugame, Japan One hour: 20410 m Seiji Kushibe: 20 October 1996 Tokyo, Japan Half ...
The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, Nihon Rettō) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan. [1] It extends over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) [2] from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China and Philippine seas in the southwest along the Pacific coast of the Eurasian continent, and consists of three island arcs from north to south: the Northeastern ...
The IAAF staged four editions of a World Road Relay Championship from 1992 (at Hiroshima, Japan) to 1998 as a stage race over the marathon distance with alternate stages of 5 km (3.1 mi) and 10 km (6.2 mi) before a final leg of 7.195 km (4.471 mi). The IAAF now recognizes world records for men for five stages (with a final leg of 12.195 km (7. ...