Japan Running News

JOC Finds 500 Incidents of Online Harassment During Tokyo World Championships The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) held a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15. During the Tokyo World Athletics Championships last month ...

JOC finds 500 incidents of online harassment during Tokyo World Athletics Championships. japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/joc-...

102nd Hakone Ekiden Qualifier Half Marathon Preview January's Hakone Ekiden has a big impact on the shape of the fall season for Japanese collegiate men. The top 10 teams at Hakone run this p...

Preview and streaming of Saturday's Hakone Ekiden qualifier half marathon: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/102n...

Asahikawa Ryukoku H.S. Girls DNF 400 m From Finish at Nationals Qualifier The Hokkaido prefectural qualifying race for December's National High School Ekiden took place this weekend at Abashiri Sports Training Fie...

Asahikawa Ryukoku H.S. girls DNF 400m from finish at Nationals qualifier when anchor breaks ankle: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/asah...

Koku Gakuin University Wins 2nd-Straight Izumo Ekiden, Ivy League Takes Best-Ever 4th Even with some big losses to graduation this year, defending champion Koku Gakuin University  found a way to put together a winning lineup t...

Koku Gakuin University wins 2nd-straight Izumo Ekiden, Ivy League takes best-ever 4th: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...

Koku Gakuin University Wins 2nd-Straight Izumo Ekiden, Ivy League Takes Best-Ever 4th Even with some big losses to graduation this year, defending champion Koku Gakuin University  found a way to put together a winning lineup t...

Koku Gakuin University wins 2nd-straight Izumo Ekiden, Ivy League takes best-ever 4th: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...

On a sold-out reserved seat express train back to Yonago, and one guess who the only passenger on my car singled out by the conductor for a ticket check was.

Out on the Izumo course.

Your 2025 Izumo Ekiden field.

Ivy League in the house at Izumo Ekiden opening ceremony.

Chuo Looking at a Landslide - Izumo Ekiden Preview Ekiden season is well underway , but for university men it kicks off Monday at the season-opening Izumo Ekiden . At 6 legs averaging 7.5 km ...

2025 Izumo Ekiden preview and streaming - Chuo and the Ivy League looking tough: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/chuo...

Chuo Looking at a Landslide - Izumo Ekiden Preview Ekiden season is well underway , but for university men it kicks off Monday at the season-opening Izumo Ekiden . At 6 legs averaging 7.5 km ...

2025 Izumo Ekiden preview and streaming - Chuo and the Ivy League looking tough: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/chuo...

Mitsubishi UFJ to Acquire Naming Rights to Tokyo National Stadium Parties involved in the situation confirmed this week that the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in the final stage of acquiring naming ri...

Mitsubishi UFJ to acquire naming rights to Tokyo's National Stadium: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/mits...

Marathon NR Holder Suzuki Quits Fujitsu to Go Independent A native of Uwajishima, Ehime, a new chapter is starting in the life of men's marathon national record holder Kengo Suzuki , 30. On Oct. 8 h...

Marathon NR holder Kengo Suzuki quits Fujitsu corporate team to go independent: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/mara...

Mixed 4x400 m MR as National Sports Festival Wraps The 2025 National Sports Festival wrapped Tuesday with a short day of only 5 races. Kain Inagaki (Rakunan H.S.) won a good junior men's 30...

Mixed 4x400m relay MR as National Sports Festival wraps: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/mixe...

High Schooler Mashiko 13:34.84 - Weekend Track Roundup The National Sports Festival was the main thing happening this weekend, but with ekiden season just kicking off there were track time trial...

High schooler Yota Mashiko 13:34.84 - weekend track roundup: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/week...

Koga 13.07 110 mH U20 NR at National Sports Festival Day 4 of the National Sports Festival in Shiga saw more records fall. In the junior men's 110 m hurdles , Jeremiah Koga (Tokyo H.S.) ran a...

Jeremiah Koga 13.07 110mH U20 NR at National Sports Festival: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/koga...

Ekiden Weekend Breakdown October is the official start of ekiden season, and this past weekend had the first 3 big races. Saturday in Chiba was the Kanto Region Un...

Ekiden season really kicked off this weekend, with the Kanto Region University Women's Ekiden, Kurayoshi Women's Ekiden and Nihonkai Ekiden: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/ekid...

More Meet Records on National Sports Festival Day 3 The meet records kept coming on Day 3 of the 2025 National Sports Festival Sunday in Shiga. The biggest came in the junior women's javelin ...

More meet records on National Sports Festival day 3: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/more...

Nittai Time Trials at Keio this time because of track maintenance at Nittai. Keio is probably my favorite track in Japan.

Four New Meet Records on National Sports Festival Day 2 4 meet records fell on the second day of the 2025 National Sports Festival in Shiga. In the junior men's pole vault , Naoya Inoue (Anan Hi...

4 new meet records on day 2 of National Sports Festival: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/four...

Shubulchuk, Taya and Niizuma Dominate on National Sports Festival Day 1 Fresh off last weekend's U20 National Championships , Anna Shubulchuk  (Ushiku H.S.) and Rei Taya  (Osaka Kunei Joshi Gakuin H.S.) were ba...

High schoolers Anna Shubulchuk 6:27.03 in 2000mSC and Haruki Niizuma 13:35.33 for 5000m to win junior races on National Sports Festival Day 1: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/shub...

What’s left of the musician in me loves this intersection more than anywhere else in Tokyo.

Sachiko Yamashita Steps Down from Daiichi Seimei On Oct. 1 the Daiichi Seimei corporate team announced that executive advisor and special head coach Sachiko Yamashita had retired from the...

1991 World Championships marathon silver medalist Sachiko Yamashita, one of Japan's few female head coaches, steps down from Daiichi Seimei corporate team: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/10/sach...

Weekend Track Roundup The Tokyo World Athletics Championships might have just ended, but there's still a lot of track action happening in Japan with some late-...

Worlds may be over, but there is still loads of track action happening in Japan. Results from:
・Kizuna Time Trials
・Tokai Univ Time Trials
・Road to Waseda
・U20 National Championships
・National Corporate Championships
japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/09/week...

AUS 2:13:20
BEL 2:14:52
TUR 2:15:21
TAN 2:15:24
ITA 2:15:43
KOR 2:15:50
PRK 2:16:17
PER 2:16:23
BRA 2:16:33
NED 2:16:35
AUT 2:17:11
IRL 2:17:32
CHI 2:17:36
IND 2:17:39
LES 2:18:05
ZIM 2:18:13
SUI 2:18:57
DEN 2:19:14
MGL 2:19:37
>2:20 - POL, MEX, NOR, POR, ARG, COL, NZL, HKG, URU, EST, CZE, GRE, SVK

Average of 10 fastest men's marathon times by country so far this year:
world: 2:03:35
KEN 2:03:57
ETH 2:04:43
JPN 2:06:06
ERI 2:07:58
MAR 2:08:13
USA 2:08:31
UGA 2:08:44
GER 2:09:07
ISR 2:09:44
CHN 2:09:50
FRA 2:11:09
CAN 2:11:17
ESP 2:12:02
GBR 2:12:15
RUS 2:13:00
SWE 2:13:08
RSA 2:13:13

PER 2:34:55
CAN 2:35:28
POL 2:36:54
ITA 2:37:46
SWE 2:40:48
ISR 2:42:44
ARG 2:43:12
ECU 2:43:44
SUI 2:43:51
CHI 2:44:22
NOR 2:44:22
BRA 2:44:48
MEX 2:45:22
CZE 2:46:47
HKG 2:47:20
POR 2:47:43
IRL 2:47:44
AUT 2:48:15
COL 2:48:30
RSA 2:48:36
HUN 2:48:47
>2:50 - FIN, IND, GRE, NZL, TPE, TAN

Average of 10 fastest women's marathon times by country so far this year:
world 2:17:25
ETH 2:18:02
KEN 2:18:46
JPN 2:23:15
USA 2:25:05
BRN 2:25:30
GER 2:26:51
CHN 2:27:04
MAR 2:27:40
GBR 2:28:12
PRK 2:29:12
AUS 2:29:29
RUS 2:31:18
ESP 2:31:35
FRA 2:32:31
KOR 2:34:49
NED 2:34:49

NN Warsaw Marathon champions’ ceremony. Japan’s Ryoma Takeuchi won in 2:11:21.