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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 ...
[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 ...
Kanakuri grew up in a rural town called Nagomi on the island of Kyūshū to a family that sold sake.Every day, he ran nearly four miles to school. [3]In November 1911, at the age of 20, Kanakuri raced in the domestic trials for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics where he reportedly set a marathon world record at 2 hours, 30 minutes and 33 seconds, although the course was just 40 km (25 mi).
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 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 ...
Margie Cullen (right) and John Cullen at the finish line of the Kyoto Marathon. They ran 3:00:01 as a team of two.
The Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon was launched in 2011 with the honorary title being the Naoko Takahashi Cup. Takahashi serves as the chairwoman for the race. [13]Since her retirement from competitive running, Takahashi has also worked as a sportscaster, [14] marathon commentator, [15] served as a Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) executive, [citation needed] and served as an executive member of ...
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).