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JOGGING

Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Boiling Point
Aug 10, 2024
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
There are easily affordable ways to work some more cooling elements into your runs.
Runners fill the street in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building at the start of the 2023 Tokyo Marathon.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 25, 2024
Medals, jewelry and veggies: Japan’s race prizes run the gamut
Japan's marathons try everything to offer runners experiences they can’t get elsewhere.
Saudi women exercise in a mall in Riyadh on Oct. 15. Long popular in the United States, another car-centric country with an obesity problem, mall-walking is increasingly becoming a Saudi sport.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 31, 2023
Saudis tackle obesity while beating heat with mall-walking
Roughly one in five Saudi adults is obese, according to an in-depth study published by the World Bank last year.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 5, 2023
Nontraditional runners are finding their stride online
The organizers of many of running groups that were established to welcome people of various races, ethnicities, life stages or speeds often share a similar story.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 1, 2021
Where to find the best running routes in Tokyo
Is the sight of athletes striving for gold inspiring you to put on a pair of running shoes? Here are some of the best places to head out on a mid-week marathon (or 5K) of your own in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 27, 2020
On the run: Taking up the world's new hobby
If you don't have a dog to walk, running gets you outside for some fresh air and helps keep your health up at a time when we all need to be healthy.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 22, 2019
A child fails his first visual 3D challenge
'What is that man doing lying down?'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2019
Why is competitive running on the decline?
A marathon used to confer bragging rights if you managed to finish, but not so much now and that's hurting a $1.4 billion industry.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 23, 2019
Defying atmospheric physics
'Running in a circle and yet always running into a headwind.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jan 5, 2019
Early vs. earlier
'I didn't realize the joggers at 5 a.m. are different from the joggers at 6 a.m.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Nov 10, 2018
Moved to tears
'I don't know why but when the weather turns cooler, tears start streaming down both cheeks when I leave the house for a run early in the morning before my eyes get used to the temperature.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 16, 2018
Hand in glove (the sun shines out of our parks)
'Why are so many people wearing white gloves (while jogging)? It's almost summer.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 18, 2017
Dog's day afternoon
'Otsukaresamadeshita. You must be tired after running.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 12, 2016
On his last legs
Arriving at the jogging course just before a group of college soccer players start their 2-kilometer individual time trial is completely soul-destroying.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Aug 22, 2015
Stating the obvious
Mr. Tomo. Long time no see. How are you?
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 6, 2015
Running to a standstill
Shall we run around this (2.1-km) course three times?
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
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2015
Jogging may be healthier than running
Vigorous running — faster than 11 km an hour, more than 2.4 hours a week, more than three times a week — could be almost as harmful as sitting around doing nothing, according to a new cardiology study that's likely to stoke the debate over how much exercise is too much.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2014
Benefits of parkrun go well beyond physical
The thousands of Britons who take to their local green space each week for a mass 5 km parkrun can expect to reap health benefits well beyond losing 1 kg and lowering their blood pressure.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Corporate donations remain sticky point in political reform talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses a meeting at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters on Thursday to discuss political reform.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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