Japanese winner of 1951 Boston Marathon recalls race

Japanese winner of 1951 Boston Marathon recalls race

Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2015, shows Shigeki Tanaka recalling how he heaved a big sigh of relief when he became the first Japanese winner of the Boston Marathon in the United States in 1951, which served as a great morale booster for postwar Japan. Tanaka, 83, was nicknamed an "atomic boy" by a local newspaper as he hailed from Hiroshima, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    Scene of 1st Japanese winning Boston Marathon in 1951

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    Shigeki Tanaka crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon in the United States on April 19, 1951. Tanaka, the first Japanese to win the race, said he was not immediately sure he had won as there was no finish tape.(Photo by ACME) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo