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RUNNING

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.
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.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 29, 2014
British School runners hit historic Nakasendo trade trail
A team of students, staff and parents sets out to run the Nakasendo, the ancient route linking Kyoto and Tokyo, to raise money to build a school in Cambodia.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 28, 2013
A festival that'll literally send you running
Learn from the experts how to properly exercise by joining two former Olympic athletes at the Jogging Matsuri 2013 on Nov. 30 in Yokohama's Minato Mirai Sports Park.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2013
Find true love on the run at a jogging party
How do you find someone special in Tokyo these days? The answer lies not so much in your heart, but in your feet
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 20, 2013
Hit the road: Japan's 2013 trend forecast
In 2012 we got cat-ear hair-dos, an increasing appetite for salty mold, and a tower with a silly name. What wonders will 2013 bring? We’ve gone through Trendy’s predictions and came up with a list of themes that look good to us. Basically it boils down to this: smart phones continue to up the convenience...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 18, 2013
J-blip: Sweets Marathon
Who needs sports drinks when you can have cake?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 4, 2012
Today's J-blip: Running man, powered by Facebook
How would you like to make a man run at the click of a button?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 24, 2012
Tech for keeping pace with the marathon trendsetters
Technology in the form of everything from to e-cash to purpose-built apps is coming to the aid of runners in the annual Tokyo Marathon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 4, 2011
Will girls take the bait of fishing fashion?
Taking its cue from the yama girl boom, the fishing industry is baiting their lines in hopes of luring a new female market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 21, 2011
Music makes bananas fit for the long run
Yes, Tokyo Marathon runners, we have musically enhanced 'sports bananas.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Dec 10, 2009
Up and running in Japan
Thanks to celebrity runners and the Tokyo Marathon, Japan is in the throes of another love affair with running.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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